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Old 10-08-2007, 05:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Cleaning seeds!!!!

Ive done a few different methods, if the fruit is ripe you can eat it and spit out the seeds like watermelon, however for species like velutina this doesnt always work as they have way too many seeds, but for M. laterita it works nicely. I've been able to pick out seeds on old fruit that it past the rotting stage and is completely dessicated, the seeds seperate from the dried pulp rather easy that way. Other then that, I just sit down, put on some good music and get to work picking out each one hand cleaning the pulp off by hand.
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