SOAKING SEEDS.
According to Mr. A. V. Donnan, experimentalist, IlawMbury Agricultural College, somo seeds, such as tho=e of tho lucerne tree (Sagosaste) require either to be soaked or to have the outside skin partially burned .before germination in the soil can be relied upon. Any other needs which have a similar thick, tough skin will be lienefited by the same treatment. Such sesxts are tronted at tlio collegc- by pouring boiling water over tliem. nnd then standing them in the water for twelve hours. In tho case of seeds like peas and beans germination is hastened by waking .in ordinary water. This is invaluable when such crops are being grown for an earlv market. The total germination of soaked and mi soaked is, however, much Hie same. This class- of seeds, of course, has thinner and softer coats than the first mentioned. Planting soaked seed in soil 100 dry to support growth always results in heavy loss.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1761, 28 May 1913, Page 10
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157SOAKING SEEDS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1761, 28 May 1913, Page 10
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