Growing from Seed--PBS TOW

Growing from Seed--PBS TOW
Lauw de Jager (Wed, 04 Dec 2002 00:26:50 PST)

Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> a *crit :

It does seem logical if seed falls on the ground in nature and waits for
the precise moment to germinate ....seeds of winter growing

species that need a warm dry period before germinating and perhaps we
should be planting those right away and instead of waiting until fall.
Harold Koopowitz told us to plant Muscari seeds when ripe and then leave
them dry all summer.

Mary Sue et al,
Just to confirm these statements. I got the best results with sowing seeds
immediately when ripe (or even almost ripe). I had some very good expirenence
with the following species: Galanthus elwesii and many Cyclamen species.
Just look under the Cyclamen leaves to see the numerous seedlings
developing. Once I sown green seeds (capsules) of Brunsvigia Josephinaea
which gave 100% germination

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