The true value of soaking seed
Jul 06, 2022
3 minutes
Clive Wakeman.
Gerry Parker.
TO MY surprise, I have met breeders who are very sceptical or suspicious about feeding soaked seed. I think their main worry is with the soaking or leaving the seeds after soaking to sprout and the chances of being attacked by fungus.
To prevent this, I use a cap full of thin bleach in the water while soaking overnight. In the 57 years I have been doing this I have had no trouble with fungus or any sort of growths in the seeds, even three or four days after
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