shubhada jee very simple u can use floating test for healthy and unhealthy seeds.take small pot or bowl with full of water and put all the seeds in it seeds float if they're no good, and good seeds sink. very simple [?] thanks
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:12 AM, shubhada nikharge < shubhada_nikha...@yahoo.co.in> 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 <mani.na...@gmail.com> > *To:* ajinkya gadave <ajinkyagad...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Sushmita Jha <sushmitas...@gmail.com>; indiantreepix < > indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > *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 > <ajinkyagad...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> may be because of no pollination . >> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Sushmita Jha <sushmitas...@gmail.com>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 >>> >> >> > >
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