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Tumbling for Seed Cleaning and Conditioning

David Dreesen
Native Plants Journal, March 2004, 5 (1) 52-54; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/NPJ.2004.5.1.52
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Small rock tumblers can be used to clean and condition seeds both in an aqueous and a dry mode. During the process, grit and gravel remove fruit pulp and abrade seed coats. Wet tumbling of seed aids imbibition, leaches water-soluble germination inhibitors, and may partially substitute for cold stratification for some shrub seed lots.

  • Oleaceae
  • Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens
  • New Mexico olive
  • Platanaceae
  • Platanus wrightii
  • Arizona sycamore
  • Grossulariaceae
  • Ribes aureum
  • Ribes cereum
  • Solanaceae
  • Lycium torreyii
  • wolfberry
  • Cornaceae
  • Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
  • redosier dogwood
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  • USDA NRCS (2002)
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Keywords

  • Oleaceae
  • Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens
  • New Mexico olive
  • Platanaceae
  • Platanus wrightii
  • Arizona sycamore
  • Grossulariaceae
  • Ribes aureum
  • Ribes cereum
  • Solanaceae
  • Lycium torreyii
  • wolfberry
  • Cornaceae
  • Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
  • redosier dogwood
  • USDA NRCS (2002)
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