TOPIC: Too late to plant seed?

I thought about planting some last minute seed. Is it too late to actually get good germination?

You should be ok, i live in west tennessee and i always plant in the late winter/early spring. Be sure to get the seed under the soil at least 1/2 to 1 inch. or the mice and other critters will be feeding on them. i regularly have good germination.

I went back and looked at some of my pictures i took while planting and the latest one that i could find was march 27

I think the tricky part may be getting good seed this late in the year.

Depends on if it has been stored properly all winter or not.

I had bad experience with seed planted in Jan, Feb 2010 - very poor germination (like only 1-2%) and several others had similar experience that year.

At that time I did not know to split the seed open and check for proper embryo growth. Now I do...

If you get good seed, there should be good embryo development - especially if you are getting it in spring like this. Be sure and split a few samples open, make sure it is nice and white, and you can see the little embryo, and at this time of year I would expect lots of tails, with many being 1/4\" long or so.

If you find that, I expect you will do OK.

Just be very careful planting them and don't break those little root starts off.

Below is a pic of some seed showing nicely developed embryo.

The embryo runs 75-80% of the width of the seed. These did not have tails but this seed was split back in November. By spring they should be cracked and smiling with many having tails.

Good Luck !

TNhunter

I'm going to get two pounds in this weekend.....

Whitjr, where do you get your seed? I ended up getting some but i didnt think you could find 2 pound this late.