Seed Germination Study started on 6/09/2023 &7/09/2023 by Cubists, Lakshmy from Thrissur kerala,Dr.Nagarjuna from Sikkim & myself from Kozhikode Kerala .
Seed Germination study in Cardamine .
I had collected some cardamine seeds on 31/08/2023 from Homelab Cherukkad, Kozhikode .
I got 25 seeds from a single seed pod .
Place :Cherukkad ,Kozhikode
Date:31/08/2023
Time:1pm
Theertha .
Collecting Cardamine seeds from seed pods .
Place :Cherukkad ,Kozhikode
Date:2/09/2023
Time:1pm
Theertha .
Inspired by today’s chatshaala session@Shraddha CUBE @~Smit Lokhande @shalinisharma @~gangakr @Chithra Mam @Batul Ma’am
I made a set up for seed germination study in Cardamine. I took two bottle lids, washed and sanitized them, and placed a piece of cotton cloth on each lid. The cotton cloth had been washed and ironed beforehand. Then, I added 10 Cardamine seeds to each lid and placed them in a plastic box &Kept near the window . Any suggestions? @Abhijeet CUBE @Rechel CUBE @Charvi DSC &others
Place :Cherukkad ,Kozhikode
Date:6/09/2023
Time:10pm
Theertha .
These are the Two sets of seeds used ,each set contain 10 seeds.And the set was now kept near the window .Place :Cherukkad ,Kozhikode
Date:6/09/2023
Time:10pm
Theertha .
Objective: To check the seed dormancy in
Cardamine seeds .
Hypothesis :Cardamine seeds not have any seed dormancy🙃
Expectation :All seeds will germinate within 7-8 days.
Methodology:
Prepare Materials:*
Collected two bottle Caps.
Washed and sanitized the bottle lids.
Obtained two pieces of cotton cloth, which were previously washed and ironed.
Seed Placement:
Placed one piece of cotton cloth on each bottle lid.
Added 10 Cardamine seeds to each cotton-covered lid.
Container Setup:
Arranged the lids with seeds inside a plastic box.
placed the plastic box near a window to provide sun light.
Watering Schedule:
Watered the seeds twice daily.
Morning watering at 10 am.
Evening watering at 5 pm.
Seeds Germination Study in Cardamine
Date:7/09/2023
Seeds were not germinated
Time:11am
Place:Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Theertha
Update on Seeds Germination Study in Cardamine Objective :To check the seed dormancy in Cardamine seeds.
Date:8/09/2023
Seeds are not germinated .
Time:2.50pm
Place:Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Theertha
Update on Seeds Germination Study in Cardamine Objective :To check the seed dormancy in Cardamine seeds.
Date:13/09/2023
Seeds are not germinated .
Time:6pm
Place:Cherukkad,Kozhikode
Theertha
Summary of Seed germination setup .
Place :Cherukkad ,Kozhikode .
Date of setup:6/09/2023
Objective: To check the seed dormancy in
Cardamine seeds .
Prepare Materials:*
Collected two bottle Caps.
Washed and sanitized the bottle lids.
Obtained two pieces of cotton cloth, which were previously washed and ironed.
Seed Placement:
Placed one piece of cotton cloth on each bottle lid.
Added 10 Cardamine seeds to each cotton-covered lid.
Container Setup:
Arranged the lids with seeds inside a plastic box.
placed the plastic box near a window to provide sun light.
Watering Schedule:
Once in a day ,Morning .
Update on today .
Place :Cherukkad ,Kozhikode .
Date of setup:6/09/2023,yellow seeds were used .
Date of photo taken :21/09/2023.
Observation : Seeds were not germinated in Setup A & Setup B .Color change observed in seeds ( yellow seeds became dark brown )
Theertha.
Seeds were not germinated till today 3/010/2023
Lakshmy’ Seed Germination setup; Lakshmy got something interesting 
@04872621705 @lakshmy
Inspired from @Abhijeet CUBE @Theertha I have made a setup to find seed germination of cardamine seeds. I have some cardamine seeds that I collected from the month of July. Now it is one month passed it turned to brown in colour. I think the seeds become dormant.
I need to find out does this seeds germinate or not.
Date: 7/9/2023
Time:3pm
Place: Mampilly, Thrissur, Kerala
Objective:
A) To find out the seed germination percentage of brown cardamine seeds.
B) To find out brown seeds have any seed dormancy.
Hypothesis:10% seeds germinate within 1 week of time.
Material needed: Two lids of plastic bottles,
Tissue paper, water, Medicine bottle lid for measuring water.
Methedology:Take two lids of plastic bottle and place layer of tissue paper on it. After add 20 cardamine seeds in it. Then add 20 ml water 
in each of the setups. Lable it as A & B. Then place it near the window.
Previously My cardamine plants facing an issue. There is some signs of infection .
- The fruits are drooping
- Newly forming fruits are bending
- Leaves are curling
- New flower buds are not forming.
Date:4/8/2023
Place:Mampilly, Thrissur, Kerala
There is some white coloured growth could be able to find out. But cannot exactly find out exactly what is the organism.
Due to the disease I pluck adult plants away. Now in the grow bag new cardamine seedlings are started growing. 6/9/2023, 11:18am, Mampilly, Thrissur, Kerala
After 9 days 19 cardamine seeds germinated in setup A
Percentage of seed germination-95%
Date of sawing -7/9/2023
Today’s Date: 16/9/2023
Time:1:01pm
Place: Mampilly, Thrissur, Kerala
After 9 days 3 cardamine seeds germinated in setup B
Percentage of seed germination-15%
Date of sawing -7/9/2023
Today’s Date: 16/9/2023
Time:1:01pm
Place: Mampilly, Thrissur, Kerala
After 18 days 14 cardamine seeds germinated in setup B:partying_face:
Percentage of seed germination-70%
Date of sawing -7/9/2023
Today’s Date: 25/9/2023
Time:11:24am
Place: Mampilly, Thrissur, Kerala
Cardamine plants showing an interesting behaviour of phototropism ( movement of plants towards light)
These plants are bending towards near the window where the suight is coming
Date:25/9/2023
Time:11:59am
Place:Mampilly, Thrissur, Kerala @Arunan sir @Theertha @Chithra Mam @Shraddha CUBE @Dr. Binu Miss @~Nagarjun Thota @~Susanta Tanti @Kiran CUBE@Charvi DSC @~Dhanraj and all
Summary
Dr.Nagarjuna’s work
Date :7/09/2023
No signs of germination in them sir… declaring them to be non viable… I’m still having that setup… although I went out of station in between… it was maintained moist… expecting any fungal growth in those setup… In search of new set of Cardamine seeds around… orelse will go with Mustard seeds… if any cubists want to test anything specific about germination, may convey me…
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Short summary made by @Chitralekha
Let me summarise the Cardamine seed germination experiments setup by Lakshmy, Theertha, Nagarjun and Abhijit. Correct me if I am wrong.
Lakshmy
- collected seeds: in July
- soaked: on 07/09/23
- colour of seeds when soaked: brown (to me looked yellow)
- germination: began 5 days after soaking, 70% germination by 14/09/23
Theertha - collected: 31/0823, 02/09/23
- soaked: 06/09/23
- colour of seeds when soaked: pale yellow/greenish
- germination: not seen till 14/09/23
Nagarjun - Collected seeds: 07/09/23
- soaked seeds: 07/09/23
- colour of seeds when soaked: yellow/brown
- germination: none till 14/09/23
Abhijit
-collected seeds: in March, 23 - soaked seeds: 03/08/23
- colour: yellow/brown?
- germination: 10% on 17/08/23.
Seeds germination study by Cubists : photos taken from the presentation of CUBE NATIONAL MEET 2022
These is what I found in the recording of CUBE National meet 2021. Photo showing different colors of seeds including green ,yellow & brown .
Cardamine with seeds pot having different colored seeds .
Seeds germination experiment by @shalini ma’am & arunima .What I understood is that ,Breaking of Seed dormancy using cold treatment .1)Control : 15 seeds are in two Petriplate ,tap water used .2)15 seeds are in two Petriplate kept in refrigerater for 3 days (4°C) & observed . Result : 100% germination in 8 days .https://www.youtube.com/live/Ybzr3_fYm64?si=mwGz8DoYyEogFn60.
Seed germination study by @KiranKalakotiR
Design:- She has taken bottle cap and placed layers (4-5) of tissue paper over that cap and then, seeds have been placed over it, where moisture has been maintained in the setup by using water.
Seed germination
