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soaking corn seeds

17 years ago

We just got a new earthway seeder (can't wait to use it). We usually soak our corn seeds and it seems to increase the germination considerably. What I was wondering is if anyone else soaks their corn seeds before planting them with a seeder and if it would damage the seeds. Since the seeds are soft after soaking I wasn't sure they could be planted with the seeder without being damaged. I would hate to plant all my corn seeds just to find out that they were all ruined and would not come up.

If I can not soak the seeds and use the seeder is their anything else I could do to increase germination?

Any advice would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

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