Hey Igor, thanks for posting that nice picture!That would brighten anyone's day... :D You can't see ANY photos on PN??? or just on this post?Barb

Holy cow, John, gorgeous! :notworthy: All these folks with talent......there I am just trying to not burn dinner.The smoke detector is the dinner be...

a couple of seeds within that group started to pop within 1 hour of being sanded Incredible!This will become THE only way to germinate seeds.You'll ha...

Cameron, not concerned the "trapped heat" will damage your wood floor?Next, the downside of OLD seeds, they pop, soon fall over and die. Wagnerianus&l...

Hey, we're cooling off again next week...but baby steps will get us there :lol: It was good to breathe in fresh air with unfrozen lips.Holy cow 60 F....

local meteorologists did not know how bad it would get. I remember reading how surprised several were at how cold it did get."lifetime cold event" was...

But you'll be swimming ahead of me...When we have a nice winter, spring's always lousy.Barb

Yup that works, Dean.I was thinking of Cameron sanding hundreds of seeds... :wink:

Been thinking about a "sanding contraption".Anybody's grandmothers do needlepoint? :lol: Utilizes a wooden frame, shaped like a circle, that can be e...

Good examples Cameron.My de-lidding is working on some, but none of the 3 hr or 24 hr responses you and others report.As always, fresh seed is the tri...

That brown inside the seed pic on Cameron's link reminded me of this.Pic half way down page, right side, which says "...showing ruminate endosperm int...

You taught YOURSELF that, Jay? Holy cow, talented fellow, our admin! :notworthy: As long as you aren't drawing our dead plants after winter...Thank...

Stubborn even after de-lidding, Pritchardia hillebrandii, cut in half because I couldn't find ANY white area inside:I don't think there should be a ga...

I had no idea that half-woody seeds like that Queen would still be viable -- thought the whole inside (wall to wall) had to be fleshy white.Thanks Cam...