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Diaitized bv During the spring
Diaitized bv During the spring months, seed sowing is very apt to get into arrear. When sueli is the case, a fortnight may be recovered by having recourse to the steeping process, and it is always a safe plan during the pre¬valence of drought. There is sometimes moisture in the MBT ground suffi¬cient to induce the first stage of germination.yet by the time that is accomplished, and before the tender radicle has extended beyond the reach of accident, drought has overtaken it. But in all cases if a seed is on the eve of germination, previous to its insertion in the soil, and if the soil is fresh dug, the voung plant will in general establish itself in GOOQI EFFECT OF BOILING SEED. safety. A method employed by practical men is to steep MBT Shoes UK seed in water of about 80J for about six hours or more, according to the character of the seed, and to place the vessel where it will maintain that temperature; then to strain the water away, and to remove the vessel to a more moderate temperature, say 65°, until the first signs of sprouting, when the seed-bed should be instantly prepared; the vessel, after pouring the water off, should be covered with a cloth to prevent the surface seeds from drying up; it is also neccssary to turn the 6eeds once or twice, in doing which care must be taken that the young radicle, if it has chipped the shell, be not broken off. Of late years the singular practice has been introduced of boiling seeds to promote germination. This was, I believe, first recommended by Mr. Bowie, MBT Shoes who stated, in the Gardener's Magazine, vol. viii. p. 5. (1832), that " he found the seeds of nearly all leguminous plants germinate more readily by having water heated to 200°, or even to the boiling point of Fahrenheit's scale, poured over them, leaving them to steep and the water to cool for twenty-four hours.
Diaitized bv During the spring months, seed sowing is very apt to get into arrear. When sueli is the case, a fortnight may be recovered by having recourse to the steeping process, and it is always a safe plan during the pre¬valence of drought. There is sometimes moisture in the MBT ground suffi¬cient to induce the first stage of germination.yet by the time that is accomplished, and before the tender radicle has extended beyond the reach of accident, drought has overtaken it. But in all cases if a seed is on the eve of germination, previous to its insertion in the soil, and if the soil is fresh dug, the voung plant will in general establish itself in GOOQI EFFECT OF BOILING SEED. safety. A method employed by practical men is to steep MBT Shoes UK seed in water of about 80J for about six hours or more, according to the character of the seed, and to place the vessel where it will maintain that temperature; then to strain the water away, and to remove the vessel to a more moderate temperature, say 65°, until the first signs of sprouting, when the seed-bed should be instantly prepared; the vessel, after pouring the water off, should be covered with a cloth to prevent the surface seeds from drying up; it is also neccssary to turn the 6eeds once or twice, in doing which care must be taken that the young radicle, if it has chipped the shell, be not broken off. Of late years the singular practice has been introduced of boiling seeds to promote germination. This was, I believe, first recommended by Mr. Bowie, MBT Shoes who stated, in the Gardener's Magazine, vol. viii. p. 5. (1832), that " he found the seeds of nearly all leguminous plants germinate more readily by having water heated to 200°, or even to the boiling point of Fahrenheit's scale, poured over them, leaving them to steep and the water to cool for twenty-four hours.
