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Originally Posted by J-Mech
jc, your an interesting man. I think, however, you rely too much on your pc and the internet, whereas I am speaking from years of experience farming and planting yards for people. I'll watch your test though, I am intrigued.....  |
Wanted to follow up on this since it's now been 14 days since seeding. The frozen seed container only got 8 blades of grass so far , and I think it's safe to say that you were right, the freezing killed the seed. I think it's also safe to say that freezing the seed in the freezer before sowing is probably not a good idea, although I have not tested freezing it for a longer period, maybe it was the quick freeze/thaw cycle.
I dumped out all the containers and found another interesting fact. The grass that had successfully germinated 8 days ago already had roots about 3 inches long going all the way to the bottom of the container, that's about 0.4" of root growth a day. That is quick root growth.
Lastly, even though I won't be using it this year, the year old Rebel seed I had in the garage in an open bag still had an excellent germination rate , 90%+ and seems to be excellent seed to use in residential lawns , I would definitely recommend using Rebel.