WHY YOU SHOULD SOAK SEEDS BEFORE PLANTING
In nature, seeds encounter different conditions. The weather can be hot or cold, wet or dry, or your seed may live in a bird or small animal’s stomach for a while. Life is not gentle on seeds.
So, in nature, rainfall washes away the inhibitors, allowing the seed to eventually germinate. It does take some time for this to happen. If you soak seeds at home before planting, you wash away the inhibitors faster and speed up this process.
HOW DO YOU SOAK SEEDS?
Soaking seeds is easy! All you need is a bowl of water and seeds. Fill up your bowl with hot, tap water, around 32 degrees Celsius. Put your seeds into the bowl, and let them stay in there as the water cools down.
Some seeds prefer hotter water, and some prefer cooler water. It’s best to research each individual seed before soaking the seeds.
HOW LONG TO SOAK SEEDS BEFORE PLANTING
Farmers need to know how long to leave seeds in water. You can over soak a seed, so you can’t leave them in the water and come back in five days. You never want to soak for more than 48 hours. The recommended soaking time is 8 to 24 hours.
WHAT ARE THE BEST SEEDS TO SOAK?
Some seeds you might want to soak are:
Squash
Pumpkins
Corn
Beans
Peas
Chard
Beets
Cucumbers
Sunflowers
Don’t soak little seeds, such as lettuce or radishes. They don’t reap the benefits, and wet, small seeds are hard to handle.
Examples of seeds that you don’t want to soak include:
Lettuce
Radishes
Carrots
Spinach
Turnips
Celery
PLANTING SEEDS AFTER SOAKING
After you soak your seeds, make sure you plant the soaked seeds immediately.
One way to make sure this happens is to put the seeds in water the night before.
Make sure you plant seeds in moist, but not wet, soil. Planting seeds in moist soil keeps the shells soft and encourages faster germination.
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