If pepper seeds are to be sown by conventional methods
after priming, then they must be redried. When 'Early
Calwonder' seeds were primed at 30° for 48 hr, germination
at low temperature was 6 days earlier compared to unprimed
seeds. The effect of seed priming on germination rate was
greater when the seeds were not redried (Fig. 6). Priming
then redrying for 48 to 96 hr speeded germination, but by
only 4 days. Hence, it would appear that pepper seed ger
mination can be enhanced at 15° by seed priming. The
reason for the delay in germination when seeds were redried
cannot be explained. This point warrants additional re
search.