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Post by raymondo on Aug 27, 2011 18:25:54 GMT -5
Something orflo wrote in the Chaerophyllum thread made me wonder about germinating old Apiaceae seed. I've tried a number of times to germinate both caraway (Carum carvi) and cumin (Cuminum cyminum) bought as spices. I haven't had any luck but I wonder if chilling them for a month would help. Thoughts?
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Post by steev on Sept 5, 2011 15:04:04 GMT -5
Is it possible they're dried in a heated dehydrator before marketing? That might kill them. I think that's why I can't get dried-for-culinary-use chiles' seed to germinate.
I got some (poor) germination from spice-rack cumin this year, but I put that down to age, about 5 years.
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Post by spacecase0 on Sept 6, 2011 15:40:45 GMT -5
cumin come up for me in my cool weather just fine,
I am likely 50 to 60F most days, and somewhere from 45% to 85% humidity, and wind at 3 to 5mph
my issue is that it dies about 2 weeks later.
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 6, 2011 15:48:13 GMT -5
Many times spices from the store are irradiated. So, they will never germ.
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