Re: pinhole bean seeds & mold?

From: Burt Kessler (bcomet@pacbell.net)
Date: Tue Apr 12 2005 - 06:50:39 PDT

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From: Burt Kessler <bcomet@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: pinhole bean seeds & mold?
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:50:39 -0700

On Apr 12, 2005, at 6:26 AM, Kelly Vaughan wrote:

> My classes germinated bean seeds in baggies
> with moist paper towel. Some worked really well, but others grew only
> mold! Anyone found any ways of preventing this? I looked but couldn't
> see any strong relationship between whether the bags had been sealed or
> left open or any other variables.
>
Beans mold extremely easily. A better seed to germinate is alfalfa.
The seeds are smaller but are much less prone to mold and are also very
forgiving about varying levels of hydration. Radish seeds are almost
as stable as alfalfa and germinate even faster. Radish seed will often
germinate in 48 hours in warm weather.

Burt Kessler

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