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Seeds frmom privy digs...... - 4/1/2007 10:39:21 AM    akronmarbles   Posts: 55 Joined: 7/30/2006 From: Akron, Ohio Status: offline Here's a strange question - has anyone ever tried to plant the seeds you commonly find in an old privy? It is possible for seeds to survive very long periods of dormancy. It would make for interesting conversation when eating a slice of pie made from such berries. Post #: 1

RE: Seeds frmom privy digs...... - 4/1/2007 10:57:59 AM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 569 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline Out of all the seeds we have dug from privies, none have germinated. I'm not sayin' it can't happen, but not fror me. _____________________________ Mike Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to akronmarbles) Post #: 2

RE: Seeds frmom privy digs...... - 4/2/2007 9:00:55 AM    brokenshovel   Posts: 479 Joined: 8/29/2005 From: Westminster Maryland Status: offline I thought people germinated seeds from the pyramids?   (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 3

RE: Seeds frmom privy digs...... - 4/2/2007 10:50:27 AM    Lilacpa   Posts: 91 Joined: 8/25/2006 From: butler , pa Status: offline some seeds if they have a thick outer shell you need to take a fingernail file and file some of the seed, so it can sprout.then soak in water for so long. i have had to do that with  a few seeds I ordered of CA, it was in the directions. (in reply to akronmarbles) Post #: 4

RE: Seeds frmom privy digs...... - 4/2/2007 10:55:44 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5449 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Seeds CAN stay viable for a LONG time given perfect conditions. But the odds of your privy seeds germinating is very low. If you search the journal of science there is study that has been going on for 120 years to see how long seeds can stay viable. from http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL8/dec97-14.html Remember that seeds are living organisms and that they live on the food stored within themselves. They use oxygen to slowly 'burn' this food and the more food, the longer the viability. While small seeds metabolise more slowly than large seed as a general rule, large seeds retain viability longer. The longest recorded viability for a seed under natural conditions is that of Lotus. This is a large seed and seed 200 years old has been germinated. There are records of seed much older than this germinating. Lupin seeds trapped in permafrost have germinated after a thousand years but, in this case, the low temperatures had slowed down metabolism to a mere tick. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to brokenshovel) Post #: 5

RE: Seeds frmom privy digs...... - 4/4/2007 2:52:07 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline I've heard of people planting seeds from privy's and getting monster tomato plants from them. The way to seperate them is to put that black seedy use layer in a 5 gallon bucket of water. Break up the soil good and all the seeds that float are no good. If they stay submerged then there's a good chance that they will grow. I imagine that the conditions have to be perfect and that not all privy's will produce good seeds. Swizzle (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 6

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