The adventure begins!

We have a ton of garlic chives and we harvest the seeds to try to reduce their spread every year. This year I'm seeing if I can sprout them.

Here's the first batch of seeds winnowed (badly).
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Does anybody have recipes for onion seeds or onion seed sprouts? We probably have a pound of them.

These are actually garlic chive seeds. It's a lovely plant, and the bees love it, but it is very aggressive, so we harvested the seed heads and can't figure out what to do with them.

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Seed starting

This is how I usually start my seeds especially if there are too few or rare ones.
I wash all utensils well.
I use 2-5 seeds depending on fertility and amount I have for each chili plant. I soak them for 1 day in distilled water or 1% Potassium Nitrate in an ice cube tray at room temperature. I cover that with plastic film/bag.
The next day I place them in a plastic tray with an air tight lid to contain the moisture. I place the seeds on 4-5 layers of moist, not wet kitchen paper to maintain moisture. I also use a small 7W heat mat with thermostat and a thermometer with a sensor and keep it between 27 and 29°C (80-85°F). I place the tray in a waterbath to keep the temperature stable. I normally have high sprout rates >60% and mostly within 10 days, even with older seeds. (I've had good rates with 9 year old Ghost seeds.)
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I'll be giving a demonstration of #NetMaking, #LactoFermentation and #SeedSprouting at #Exeter #SeedSwap on the 26th of February at #MakeTank, come along!

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