what patience!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall P. Linke" <randysgarden@gmail.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] germinating Veltheimia seeds > 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > > -- > * * > A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial > appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- > * > * > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >