Mani, I feel the biggest problem in growing hybrid seeds, especially of petunia and marigold. Sometimes the germination is zero. I have become so disgusted that I have started buying saplings from the nursery and stopped using the seeds which are available with shops. They do belong to reputed comapanies. ak
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:12 AM, shubhada nikharge < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Sushmita, > My friend too has grown chilli plants from dried chilli pods and keeping > the seeds in sunlight and has been using chilies from the same plants in the > kitchen. > But i did not know how to chk healthy and unhealthy seeds. Mani ji, thank u > very much for the tip. > Cheers, > Shubhada > > > "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can > do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* mani nair <[email protected]> > *To:* ajinkya gadave <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>; indiantreepix < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tue, 3 August, 2010 1:02:54 PM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:43279] Advice please > > It could be also because of inferior seeds. Next time try to select healthy > seeds from the dried chilli pods and put the seeds in sunlight. You can put > some seeds in water and the ones which are healthy will go down and which > are not healthy will float on the water. > > I have tried to grow the plant from the chillies from Mumbai market and was > successful. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:56 PM, ajinkya gadave > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> may be because of no pollination . >> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I have several chillie plants growing in my terrace garden germinated out >>> of seeds of Andhra chillies bought in Hyderabad last year. They are quite >>> bushy and healthy, specially after the rains, with lots of flowers, which >>> happened last year too, but chillie output has been/is almost zero. >>> >>> I would very much appreciate advice on what the reason might be and how I >>> may have the flowers come to fruition. I apologise if this is not the right >>> forum to ask such a question. >>> Many thanks. >>> Sushmita Jha >>> >> >> > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com (Two new blogs have been added on 3 August '10.) And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers!
