In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

In article ,
"Paul M. Cook" wrote:

There must be some trick to preparing seeds for storage. I wanted to
preserve some seeds from my Red Hmong cucumbers so I let one get really
ripe
on the vine to the point it was starting to decompose a little. Then I
extracted the seeds, washed thoroughly and cleaned up as much of the
slippery pulp as I could. Then I set them on a tea towel to dry. They
dried up into little shriveled bits that bore almost no resemblance to a
seed at all. They sure do not look like they will be viable. Is there
something I am missing here?

Sometimes you need a book.

" Seed to Seed " By Suzanne Ashworth
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable
Gardeners,
by Suzanne Ashworth and Kent Whealy
http://www.amazon.com/Seed-Growing-T...rdeners/dp/188
2424581/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238951517&sr=1-1
Available at a library near you.


I like "Plants-a- plenty" but I'm bookish.
Plants-a-Plenty: How to Multiply Outdoor and Indoor Plants Through
Cuttings, Crown and Root Divisions, Grafting, Layering, and Seeds by
Catharine Osgood Foster (Hardcover -*Jul 21, 1977)
1 new from $93.58 35 used from $0.01 $3.99 shipping
http://www.amazon.com/Plants---Plent...visions/dp/087
8571566/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281991011&sr=1-1

Not available at my library (

So bottom line I'd try to sprout 10 seeds.
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