Scarification

we've all been there. But No matter what way we try to do it, the little ball-bearing like marble hard seed thing can fly off into the room to who knows where.

My method, use DUCT tape.

Now, I take a small piece of duct tape and fold it back so that the canna seed sticks to an unstuck piece of tape about 1/8 inch wide near the edge of the tape. This way you can put the seed in the middle and hold the seed (and it won't move if it is stuck to the tape) between your thumb and forefinger. I then RUB the seed on an emory board.

I count to twenty. Yes, twenty times. Now, up and back (a full circuit) counts as half. So I make the circuit, one, two three, four - up, down, up, down - that's one. I count to 20, doing it the same way every time. Lather, rinse, repeat.
If you want to count each trip across the emory board as one, you gotta count to 80. After 20, there should be some white showing.

Set the seed aside and repeat. Immerse them in a cut off pop bottle (I use the bottom half of a gator aid container) with a little warm water in it. Date and label the bottle.

Leave the seeds in until they sprout, then transfer to peat pots, or whatever.

Wipe the emory board clean before you go to the next seed.

dave

edited to add foto

This post was edited by bragu on Fri, Jan 23, 15 at 15:42