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RPS seeds review

Mascareigne 974

By Mascareigne 974
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Mascareigne 974

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Hello everyone! I ordered Heterospathe califrons seeds, upon receipt of my order I removed the fibers from the seeds and there were unpleasant surprises! Eleven seeds were bitten out of 20! In addition a tiny insect came out of the bag !Do I have a chance of it germinating?
What do you think?
THANKS!
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That's disappointing. In my experience, when seeds have holes like that and you cut them open, there is often a cavity or dried out brown center rather than a creamy white endosperm. I would test one or two of the ones with holes by slicing it open along a vertical axis. 

Heterospathe califrons seeds are ruminate as opposed to homogenous, so there should be darker streaks in the endosperm, but if there's a cavity in there they are no longer, or never were, viable. 

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jimmyt

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You can file a claim with RPS.  I have had a similar issue and they sent new seeds.

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Scott W

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If you're going to file with them for anything, CALL THEM, do not bother emailing them.  You will get a much faster response this way...

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