As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
I wonder of things in Mom's fridge is about as cold as Antarctica and I never did get seeds to sprout in there, and TL's which is good for keeping food for weeks, offered up but a few sprouts, sow when I sowed a mix of Braeburn and Honeycrisp, and maybe one Pink Lady or something I forget now as it was an odd name, the best of show were the ones I had accidentally sliced into and just put in by Holy Ghost Inspiration on a lark.
I think with the one rare apple seed, I have like 7 sprouts, which after a week of watching them do nothing, I preformed surgery this morning which has worked on my tomatoes in the past.
TL had an exacto knife which I did not have, and with tweezers, I operated on the seed hull, freeing the wee bit of sproutling from the seed.....without breaking off roots or damaging things.
I could have probably waited more, but I wondered if the roots would start rotting off, and I did not want that, so this cesarian operation took place by Dr. Cherry.
They seemed to open easy enough after slicing into the hull, and in planting I put them into seed flat of the Chinese take out I had, as my Fuji seeds had not sprouted. I put the root nub into the soil and left the nutmeat which was trying to be the first primary leaves, covered it up, sat it in the sun to warm, and not cook them, and I am monitoring them.
I conclude that the Youtube sprouters must have warmer refrigeration, or, to my scowling maybe only the Braeburns sprouted and the Honeycrisp did not. Yes I know was not smart to be putting them into same container in case things like this happen.
I did give the unsprouted ones a shot of peroxide as I read that supposedly worked in sprouting seeds. No miracles though after a few days.
If this does not go tits up, I should have 9 plants which is not much of a sprout rate, but I am not going to quit on the first batch. For all I know, maybe I happened upon a new method of scoring seeds, which I might give a go in other experiments if I have time.
The first two are sitting outside this morning after a frosty night, in the bright sun, to toughen them in. The little Filipino orange limes, I have had outside, except for the frosty nights, and they are acting like radishes in loving the cool dry air.
I only had 2 out of 6 of those seeds sprouting, and maybe more will come up in this flat I am sowing all into as a nursery, but my forest outside the glass door is now 2 limes, 2 apples and 1 sugar maple. Still need money and land to put them in, but perhaps need will have God get the stick about the rich people as who can not resist the cries of wee baby plantikins.
I do wonder if I will get apple fruit before Jesus comes back. I see my knuckle is bleeding. Damn cold weather cracks my skin.
I hope this information helps those interested, as it is the problems which are what needed to be ironed out and not the, "Put em in the fridge and you get sprouts in 2 weeks to 2 months".
My blunders usually turn out to be the million dollar knowledge.
I once saw an old western drama, where this guy was hauling apple trees across the desert. It might have been Oregon or something, and he lost his water, and the solution was he packed up the mud and used that to bring his wee little trees through.
I sort of feel that way now on this trail in time is the path, and the wee little trees will arrive with me on a new frontier, and we will know their secrets as we await their fruiting.
I wonder if any of the other seeds will sprout. Perhaps I should talk to them in they may be shy.
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