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Post by templeton on Mar 13, 2014 19:52:56 GMT -5
Just harvested some quite ripe Farthest North F1 melons. Fragrant, colour change, slipping. Sat on the bench for a couple of days. Went to save seed from the best one,and all the seeds floated. Ditto the next best one. The third one, slightly overripe, had a half a dozen sinkers. But I left them sitting in the bowl of water for an hour or so, and now they have all sunk. Wondering which ones to keep. I thought cantaloupes/musk melons were like cucumbers, reject the floating seed, but the floating seed did look ripe, nice deep yellowy brown colour, not pale. And some floated on their sides, while others floated vertically, if you know what I mean. any advice? T
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Post by rowan on Mar 14, 2014 0:25:17 GMT -5
Good melon seeds often float. The bad ones are usually very pale and thin. If they are hard and plump they are good.
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Post by steev on Mar 14, 2014 2:18:48 GMT -5
I tend to think floaters don't belong in the gene-pool; however, I rarely triage a batch of seed less than 24 hours, in the jar.
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Post by templeton on Mar 14, 2014 5:02:11 GMT -5
Good melon seeds often float. The bad ones are usually very pale and thin. If they are hard and plump they are good. that's what I wanted to hear, melon master! (ps, I think Steev might be pale and thin... T
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Post by oxbowfarm on Mar 14, 2014 9:29:44 GMT -5
Are you implying he's a bad seed? I've had my suspicions...
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Post by templeton on Mar 15, 2014 3:49:13 GMT -5
Are you implying he's a bad seed? I've had my suspicions... I think we might have to triage him in a jar full of water to tell, but we might have to send him the water... Back to the thread, I've dried off the three batches of seed, so lookin forward to next season's growout. T
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Post by hortusbrambonii on Mar 15, 2014 7:58:56 GMT -5
You can send the bad seeds to Nick Cave, they might join his backing band...
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Post by templeton on Mar 15, 2014 16:16:07 GMT -5
I was going to use that joke, but I didn't think anyone would get it!
But Nick is big in Europe, isn't he? T
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 15, 2014 21:52:07 GMT -5
I'm with Rowan, Leo tossed a whole bunch of floaters in the back yard when we were cleaning seed....Guess what's popping up all over? Yeah, ditto with the onion seeds, onions everywhere. Steev is not a bad seed, more like a volunteer...popping up when you least expect it.
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Post by steev on Mar 16, 2014 21:22:47 GMT -5
I am thin and tanned, not pale, and hard when it's desirable.
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