myco Posted January 31, 2014 didnt really now where to put this so i figured the chill space was as good as any does anyone have any experience in cleaning boab seed i've got a couple of nuts here my mate brought back from up north i've cracked one open an and the seeds are inside this kinda foam like stuff its really not easy to get off i bought some boab seed about a year ago and it was clean as no sign of any of the crap they're encased in is there any sort of trick to cleaning these seeds or what hopefully someone here has done it before i cant find any info on the net anywhere about ways to clean them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted January 31, 2014 http://www.ausbushfoods.com/reports/Species/boab-06-022.pdf page 23 might help : The pithwas then removed from the seed in a cement mixer with sand to enable a scarification process of theseed at the same time ?????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myco Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) I ended up just sitting there rubbing as much as I could off them then i put them in my soil sieve and got a scrubbing brush and just started scrubbing em with that against the metal mesh seemed to get most of it off There's gotta be an easier way though it was a fair bit of work my fingers are pretty raw after trying te rub the bulk of the crap off them A cement mixer or something similar with some good coarse sand would probly do the job but it's not really worth it unless you had thousands of seeds to clean Be good to try and make some sort of smaller electric machine that could tumble em around like a cement mixer I got 80 seeds out of one nut and 155 out of the other one so im pretty happy with that Edited January 31, 2014 by myco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted January 31, 2014 A rock tumbler used by lapidary folk would be the go.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CunningPlatypus Posted January 31, 2014 Easiest -- and most delicious -- way is to simply pop 'em in your mouth and let the foamy stuff disolve. It's actually pretty sweet and supposed to be quite healthy. Plus, it's a great conversation starter; "Here, put this in your mouth and suck." FYI, if you DON'T get all of the foam covering off, you're pretty much guaranteed to get a nasty fungus which will kill your seed once planted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myco Posted January 31, 2014 Easiest -- and most delicious -- way is to simply pop 'em in your mouth and let the foamy stuff disolve. It's actually pretty sweet and supposed to be quite healthy. Plus, it's a great conversation starter; "Here, put this in your mouth and suck." FYI, if you DON'T get all of the foam covering off, you're pretty much guaranteed to get a nasty fungus which will kill your seed once planted. i'll pass on the suckin on em the stuff doesnt taste to good its meant to be edible but i'd rather not have to sit there and suck on 235 seeds haha might take a while they're pretty clean now there's still some stuff left on em i'll scrub em a bit more tomorrow and maybe wet em a bit when i do it hopefully that should get the rest off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr b.caapi Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) I did a heap once, basically laid out a bit of mild Sandpaper and rubbed them on it, got rid of the majority of foam and scarred them up nicely too which is a must for adansonia germination. Edited January 31, 2014 by mr b.caapi 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
