A Miracle

Michael Mace michaelcmace@gmail.com
Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:52:58 PDT
Dell raises a really good point: Don't give up. My record so far for
accidental seed storage was some seeds of Moraea speciosa, which sprouted
after about a decade in a drawer inside my house. it's a desert species, so
perhaps not really a surprise.

The weirdest incident was some tubers (not seeds) of Ferraria crispa which
were accidentally stored in my garage for at least five years. No soil, just
sitting in a pot where I had tossed the surplus and then forgot them. The
garage was probably about 60F in winter and 90F in summer.

When I found the tubers they were very wrinkled  and I figured they were
probably dead, but I tried a few in a pot and sure enough, they grew just
fine.

For you new growers, note that this is NOT the normal result of long-term
storage. If you make enough mistakes, you just occasionally run into an
exceptionally tough plant.

Mike
San Jose, CA




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