TheExplorer Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hi allA few months back there was a big scop orgy (between 5 flowering plants) at my place which resulted in 5 nice looking fruits of pure scop seed. However, I got busy for a few days at work and some sort of grey/green mold has infected most of the fruits. Some only have a little bit and I will get the seeds out today, but some have just turned into lumps of mold. Thing is, it looks like the mold has eaten away all of the flesh and left the seeds behind. Do you guys reckon the seeds will still be good if I wash them out and put them in a bit of diluted hydrogen peroxide or something?Thanks,T.E. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwalker. Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 test a small batch.....should sprout in ~10 days..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelly Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 rinse 'em in a bleach & water solution then dry & they should be good to go.water separation allows removal of the floaters 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysubtleascention Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) .. maybe bleach&water for a short while ..then pure water to remove the bleach remnants .. Edited February 15, 2015 by mysubtleascention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherealdrifter Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 .. maybe bleach&water for a short while ..then pure water to remove the bleach remnants ..disappointing response m.a.ni thought for sure youfor would make haiku for thishiss 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysubtleascention Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) MemoHarem Bonus Click Edited February 26, 2017 by mysubtleascention 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysubtleascention Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) Edited February 15, 2015 by mysubtleascention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysubtleascention Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) 5 minute soak in 9% bleach, then washed with clean water, completely eliminated molds and did not reduce viability, maybe even increased it by damaging the outer coat of some stuborn seeds.Btw I tried washing them in peroxide several times, also didnt find it helped me much.One tip I have to stress for cleaning seeds with bleach or hydrogen pyroxide, do not do it after a pretreatment like a water soak or GA3 soak. I once was sowing 500 L. williamsii seeds and I pretreated them with GA3 (24 hour soak) then did a 15 minute bleach soak and it killed all of them. I had done the bleach treatment in the past with no issues on the same seeds. I suspect the seed shells were soft from the water soak and allowed the bleach to kill the embryo. Edited February 16, 2015 by mysubtleascention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Genius Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Not a problem. This is is a common thing with the seed from some collectors and if you clean the seeds well enough, it shouldnt be a problem. However, it can decrease the viability. Edited February 16, 2015 by Evil Genius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysubtleascention Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) Recently had a fast mold development in the trays /24-48h after sowing/,which was successfully coped with spraying thiophanate-methyl systemic fungicide,for three subsequent days..The seeds were collected fom a mouldy fruit as well.. Bleach treatment /5 min./didn't work .. Edited April 13, 2015 by mysubtleascention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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