I have several borage plants available. I can do a few large trades or several smaller trades. The plants are mostly 4 to 6 inches tall. I will consider most anything but I am currently looking for: crocosmia plants rain lily bulbs Sidalcea - Party Girl other hardy perennials greasy bean seeds cherokee trail of tears seeds rattlesnake bean seeds new zealand spinach seeds/plants

Hi minal, Welcome to The Seed Exchange! Please see addressing newbie and newer member issues for instructions on getting your Member Page email link set up so you can easily be reached for trading. You might also want to set up your Member Trade list, listing some of the seeds you are looking for. hth. Sue

I'm answering my own question. They needed to be thinned.

The ammonia doesn't sound good, maybe wash the seed by soaking it in a 5% bleach to water solution for 5 minutes, if they haven't already sprouted, then maybe sow them and hope for the best. I have tried 2 varieties of Opuntia recently, one lot did ok, the other I'm still waiting on. Scarification is a simple process, and generally it makes a significant positive difference on any hard coated seed. For both Opuntia's I used a fine grade of sand paper, nail file would do and filed away one edge of the side of the seed. I think you just want to remove enough of the seed coat to allow moisture to penetrate, sort of mimicking digestion by an animal. So I took maybe a 10th of one edge away. Check it with a magnifying glass, you just barely want to see the inside seed. You could gently wash a few of the sown seeds free, if no signs of germination, try scarifying them