scarifying or chitting
Theladygardens@aol.com (Sat, 06 Dec 2003 22:50:16 PST)

Just for anyone's amusement. I have found the best way to do this on many
seeds is to use a dog nail trimmer. It has an adjustable base plate with the
scissor blade crossing over the top of the base plate where it does a good job
of nicking the seed. A friend of mine uses her teeth to nick the seed, but not
to trim the dogs nails.
Carolyn in Los Gatos