Resources Tagged: Germination

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  1. Effect of Sprouting on the Nutrition of Grain and Legume Seeds

    2010-01-20 Sprouting seeds for food involves germinating them by first soaking them, then putting them in a moist, warm environment for a few days, rinsing them at least twice a day. Over the years, sprouting has been mentioned to us as a beneficial and easy method of increasing the nutrition of cereal and...
    Sprouting Germination Nutritional Value Phaseolus vulgaris Vitamin C B Vitamins Food Value Sprouts Vitamin A Vitamin K Nutrition Seeds

  2. On-Farm Seed Priming

    2004-04-20 Poor crop establishment is common in developing countries. However, plants can be given a head start if they are able to germinate and emerge quickly. One way to minimize the time that seeds spend absorbing water from the soil is to soak the seeds in water before sowing them.
    JCB Seed Treatment Seeds Germination

  3. How to Build a Low-Cost ECHO Asia Seed Germination Chamber

    A how-to video describing how to build a low-cost seed germination chamber using local materials in Asia. This research was made possible by a generous gift from Hort CRSP and USAID.
    Seed Saving Seed Germination Germination Asia

  4. Alternative Germination Mixes for Starting Transplants

    2020-01-01 We at ECHO are sometimes asked what we recommend for a germination medium in situations where seeds or seedlings need to be started in pots or plastic sacks before going out to the field. This past summer, we conducted a trial at ECHO to make and evaluate potting mixes that could serve as...
    Potting Mix Germination Transplanting

  5. A Low-Cost Germination Chamber in Earthbag House Seed Bank in NE Cambodia

    ECHO Asia, in collaboration with Ntuk Nti small farm resource center and International Cooperation Cambodia (ICC), has just finished a 1-year research project (funded by the Presbyterian Hunger Program- USA) to identify key indigenous vegetable crop species in NE Cambodia and strengthen the seed...
    Seed Bank Germination Seed Germination Seeds Viability Research Appropriate Techni... Earthbag House Asia

  6. Tips for Planting Small Seeds

    2008-04-20 Stick small seed crops to a piece of newspaper with white wood glue. You can do this in a strip or on little pieces. Then you take this and stick it into a little slot in the soil. It works great. The glue dissolves and seeds germinate.
    Seeds Germination

  7. Alternative Germination Mixes for Starting Transplants

    2010-01-20 We at ECHO are sometimes asked what we recommend for a germination medium in situations where seeds or seedlings need to be started in pots or plastic sacks before going out to the field. This past summer, we conducted a trial at ECHO to make and evaluate potting mixes that could serve as...
    Potting Mix Germination Rice Hulls Zea mays Seedlings Seeds

  8. Growing Plants From Seed

    1996-01-01 Growing Plants from Seed contains essential information on this most popular form of plant propagation. The book explains exactly what a seed is and how it germinates, and explores the main techniques of harvesting and storing seed. There are step-by-step instructions on sowing and growing-on...
    Germination Sowing Seeds

  9. Seed Germination Theory and Practice 2nd edition

    1993-01-01 This book is based on experiments on 145 Families, 805 Genera, and about 2500 Species. Every species has some mechanism for delaying germination until the seed has been dispersed. The science of seed germination is the discovery and despcription of such mechanisms and the development of...
    Plant Propagation Germination Seeds-Viability

  10. Starting Right With Seeds

    1990-01-01 This booklet contains chapters on the inside story, growing mediums, containers, sowing and spacing, germination, care of seedlings and transplanting. By the editors of Rodale's Organic Gardening 38 pages, illustrated
    Germination Seed Production