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Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

I found out that the guy i gave some pumpkins too well they were frozen solid idiot forgot about em.

Are the seeds still good? any advice? I got them out of the pumpkin but the pumpkin was froze.

1/12/2010 8:40:01 PM

Pumpkintown, SC

They're fine...I just don't rinse them off with warm water. I keep the entire seed retrieval/drying process nice and cool. Once dried, they go right back into the deep freeze, BF

1/12/2010 10:03:42 PM

Anchorage, Alaska

Odds are they're still good if they haven't sprouted. Test a few.

Jack o lantern seeds come up all the time from frozen Halloween pumpkins.

1/12/2010 10:05:23 PM

Denver, CO

I've been that idiot before Capt'n! I saved the seeds from a frozen, thawed, frozen thawed pumpkin. Tried 5 of the seeds last year to see if they would germinate. 4 of 5 did with no problems.

I did not grow the plant, so I cant say about that. Dont know if there would be any effect after germination?

1/12/2010 10:08:11 PM

DeWitt, Iowa

Some growers put seeds in the freezer so i would say they are fine.

1/12/2010 10:30:52 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

I believe stratification (freezing) will actually improve your germination percentage.

1/13/2010 8:53:59 AM

Sequim, WA

I think the worst part of this is the cold hands from handling the frozen seeds and pumpkin guts. I usually harvest from several fruit and bag them as I go and label them and stick em in the freezer until I have room for another batch on the drying screen. They do just fine.

1/13/2010 3:17:03 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

Thanks guys. it was a pumpkin called Iran which is hard to get. I was lucky to get seeds a while back. Plus I was lucky to get seeds from the pumpkins.

I also got seeds from queensland, galeux, and Iran. If anyone is interested I should have em dried soon.

Thanks again.

1/15/2010 4:49:02 PM