germinating Veltheimia seeds

Randall P. Linke randysgarden@gmail.com
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:44:39 PST
Mine have always germinated with high results in regular seeding mix with
no fuss here in Central California.

Randy

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:58 PM, James L. Jones <jmsjon664@aol.com> wrote:

> I germinated Veltheimia capensis seed (from Silverhill) in my
> peatmoss/perlite mix in 6/04 after sowing 2/04 in the greenhouse.  Bloom
> was 12/10.
> Jim Jones
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pbs <pbs@pilling.demon.co.uk>
> To: pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 2:37 pm
> Subject: [pbs] germinating Veltheimia seeds
>
>
> *posted on behalf of Ina Crossley*
>
> I am growing some Veltheimia seeds on paper towels with a thin cover of
> propagating sand in a sealed container. Was Googling when they should be
> planted
> into soil and came across this bit:
>
> The reason for using moist sand instead of moist paper are
> 1) the sand colour changes when drying out
> 2) the root of the sprouted seed is not easily damaged when removed from
> sand.
> 3) the sand doesn't decompose.
> 4) the seeds are easily separated from the sand by using a kitchen wire
> strainer
> with mesh large enough to pass the sand particles but not the seeds. The
> last is
> important as some seeds leach out inhibitor chemicals. A "freshen up"
> every once
> in a while gets rid of the leached out inhibitor. The leaching away of the
> inhibitor is one of the possible reasons given for an explosion of seed
> germination outside after heavy rain.
>
> I am particularly interested in the inhibitor thing. What is known about
> it? Is
> this a general concern when growing seed? Any particular seed which is
> affected
> by it?
>
> Ina Crossley
>
>
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