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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-56-77501691 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dave, On Feb 24, 2008, at 11:43 AM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > Have you checked to see what proportion of these seeds are empty > shells or shells with shrunken/darkened immature seeds ? As noted in > my first e-mail on this subject some garden sunflower seed that I > bought last year were nearly all empty shells. I don't think any of > the 15 or so fatter seeds that I planted came up. > yt, DW Germination, here, is certainly no issue. The finches at my feeder, onanists that they are, prolifically spill their seeds from the feeders all over the yard. Last year a massive profusion of sunflowers came up, some of which I transplanted to various parts of the garden (and which produced a number of very decent-sized sunflowers, fed, in turn, to bands of roving chickadees and goldfinches that much esteemed them), but most of which I simply plowed back into the garden. If pesticides were ever used in the production of these sunflowers, they certainly didn't effect their vitality. Cheers! Chris Christopher Majka - Atlantic Canada Coleoptera http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-56-77501691 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Dave,<div><br><div><div>On = Feb 24, 2008, at 11:43 AM, David & Alison Webster wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"> Have you checked to see what proportion of = these seeds are empty shells or shells with shrunken/darkened immature = seeds ? As noted in my first e-mail on this subject some garden = sunflower seed that I bought last year were nearly all empty shells. I = don't think any of the 15 or so fatter seeds that I planted came = up.<br>yt, DW<br></blockquote></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Germination, here, is = certainly no issue. The finches at my feeder, onanists that they are, = prolifically spill their seeds from the feeders all over the yard. Last = year a massive profusion of sunflowers came up, some of which I = transplanted to various parts of the garden (and which produced a number = of very decent-sized sunflowers, fed, in turn, to bands of roving = chickadees and goldfinches that much esteemed them), but most of which I = simply plowed back into the garden. If pesticides were ever used in the = production of these sunflowers, they certainly didn't effect their = vitality.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Chris</div><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div>Christopher Majka - Atlantic Canada = Coleoptera</div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html= ">http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html</a></= div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-56-77501691--
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