New patent application for seed treatment

You may find that this April 2004 patent application is worth reading. It suggests to me that I should try some rose seed treatments such as soaking seeds in a water / DMSO solution containing soybean based infant formula.

Link: appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20040063582&OS=20040063582&RS=20040063582