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            | poca river pumpkins | 
            
               Sissonville wva 
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               what is the prefered way to start seeds? prefered temp? presoak or not? just have a few good ones. thanks in advance 
		
				
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               4/27/2018 8:29:27 PM 
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            | wixom grower ( The Polish Hammer) | 
            
               Wixom MI. 
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               They due best at temperature 80°-85° i just plant them in promix and use a floresent light and set it about 1"-2" above the soil to keep it warm should take about 3-5 days to germinate. 
		
				
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               4/27/2018 9:22:39 PM 
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            | poca river pumpkins | 
            
               Sissonville wva 
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               thanks chris 
		
				
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               4/27/2018 11:51:13 PM 
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            | Materdoc | 
            
               Bloomington, IN USA 
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               I soak them for 4 hours or so, then pop them into sterile seed-starting mix. 82.5 degrees & high humidity (around 90%) Usually I expect to get germination around 3 days but I actually had 20% of up at 48 hours several weeks ago. I had been playing around with temperatures & found 82.5 degrees was best f maters. 
		
				
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               4/29/2018 7:59:19 AM 
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