So, Syrian rue seeds were left in a mailbox for about four to five days. It gets freezing cold at night and warms back up during the day (above freezing). This happened for four days.
Do the seeds lose effectiveness if left out in freezing temperatures like that or left outside like that? I tried searching around, but never seen anyone ask.
Just curious is all.
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The harmala alkaloids in the rue seeds are not harmed in any way by freezing. To the contrary, cold temperature are a means of preserving chemical substances. The harmala alkaloids are very stable and wouldn't need to be frozen even, but it will not hurt.
The syrian rue plant is a desert plant, deserts can be very cold at times and even freeze. I would not be surprized if even the living plant itself can endure frosts. Very likely, you can still plant and germinate the seeds if you want to.
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pitubo wrote:[...] Very likely, you can still plant and germinate the seeds if you want to. For some plants, this process may even aid germination! Stratification. “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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