soaking seeds in a solution of detergent or soap is conventional. You can add some chlorine to it, which will kill of moulds and sterilise the seed's coat. I have been told that hormone rooting powder should be bought fresh, and is essentially GA. I have not used it myself. Peter (UK) On 11 January 2015 at 07:48, Seaton Ager <m.ager@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > here in NZ who knows what can be used to beak germination dormancy, I > know around the world I read about GA3 but not sure what we can use in > NZ. Many thanks Mel > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/