Helllo

I have saved up my chilli seeds all year, air dried them and kept them in the fridge to slow the metabolic rate

I have noticed that some seeds I have used before germinate quicker than others, and the only difference is how long the seed has been in the fridge

Is there a point where the seed reaches its ideal state and therefore, when I am ready to seed it will germinate quicker than one that hasnt been in the cool for as long?

If so why?

KUXJ

Your welcome.
I know, I can still picture an ol' school chum talking me outta' taking Physics and Calc. What I've learned, I've done Home School.

I would say you have a solid grasp of the material.

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Something in a similar vein, that may interest you.

As plants have QTL's, and FLC's, we humans have what's called epigenomes

From post #9:
AMHD - gardening-plants/identifying-weed

If you can catch a showing of this program on our PBS somehow, watch it!
Ghost in Your Genes or see below ▼

I've always been interested in genetics, and this report is on a sub-folder our genes have, called epigenes.
I saw a showing listed, and auto-tuned it. I didn't leave for a second of the 50minutes.

I almost fell offa' the sofa when as, the research scientist was describing the impact of pest/herbicide's on the genome, they had a helio/boom sprayer coming over a ridge in a field.

Image only a representation, borrowed from this site:
BPC hearing


If you have a podcaster that plays M4v files, copy/paste this into it. Windows Media Player might handle it to....it's a 48Mg file.
http://feeds.pbs.org/~r/pbs/wgbh/nov...pigenetics.m4v

These links should work, if not refer back to:
AMHD - gardening-plants/identifying-weed


Yes, It makes sense. Your heading there because you've just hit a Home Run!

k

phlanx

Afternoon/Morning K

Thanks for that, I watched the program on epigenomes, found it on a BBC program from a few years ago

Totally fascinating! Just when we thought we had figured out what life is, nature comes along and states, "Nope, not yet"

I also find it interesting that the essence of what they state, has been around for a while

I dont know about you, but my parents said it to me, and I have said it to my kids, "You get that from your mother/father", so the basic idea has been around for awhile, just not known that it was scientific method causing this feature

I also love the idea that the nuture of your ancestor will effect the nature of the descendant which will then effect the nuture of the child, which will then effect the nature of the childs descendant - Nature and choas at its best! WOW!

So to relate this back to plants, there is no way we can get true copies and uniformity within seeds as the choas of nature will determine that it is not possible, and as much as we try to provide the right envirnment for the plant, we do not know if this will switch genes on or off in its decendants to either the detrmiment or support of the family line

I found the effects of crop spraying as not so surprising though, the effects that it causes, in my opinon can never be underestimated, and this is from nothing more than, too much of something is bad for you, and concentrated chemicals cannot be good for you - but here we have proof that the effects are not good for the human race full stop

Great advert for a clean society and not a poluting one, regardless of global warming!

Thanks for that - really appreciate it, if you can get BBC America, you might find that a series called Horizon which covered this topic as well, is one of the best informative hours you will spend