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To: tflabo
Seeds are difficult in DFW. I don't know how long you've been here, but I'll admit to over half a century.. We have black mold. It's in the air and there is not much you can do about it.

I make great sourdough bread, except I can't keep a starter here in DFW. It gets infected and that's it.

I lost 3 years of jalapeno seed development last year to black mold.

You do have to prepare the seeds properly. I generally use my food dryer at about 85F.

Some seeds aren't so sensitive. My corn and beans just don't care, dry them in the pod or on the cob and plant as required.

Some, like tomatoes and jalapenos.. I've had a tough time with.

I pre-soak some seeds in the seaweed/molasses dilute solution, some I just plant. On all of my legumes, like beans and peanuts, I generally pre-soak a few hours and then dust with the commercial bacteria/rhizome stuff that helps the plants fix nitrogen. Eventually, my soil won't need any more innoculant, but I'm opening up new ground almost every year.

/johnny

66 posted on 04/12/2013 5:07:21 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
I make great sourdough bread, except I can't keep a starter here in DFW. It gets infected and that's it.

I've got a new batch of starter going with pineapple juice. Never tried the pineapple before but it seems to be off to a good start.

71 posted on 04/12/2013 5:38:05 PM PDT by bgill
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