Starting winter growing seed/Veltheimia seed
Paul Tyerman (Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:32:45 PST)
I sowed the seed on the 30th October and it started germinating a few weeks
later. From the yellow I currently have 9 or 11 seeds up, and pretty much
100% germination from all the other bicolors and mixed colour seed (I can
get exact figured if you like as I kept track of amounts of seed in each
pot etc). Given that we have a distinct total dormancy in summer here of
Howdy again All,
Just to give exact germination numbers (I have been out and checked this
morning).....
"Yellow" seed - 9 of 11 have germinated.
"Mixed Colour" - 12 of 12 have germinated
"Pink and Bicolors" - 21 of 24 have germinated
"Mixed Colours" - 14 of 17 have germinated.
The names within quotations are what they were received labelled as. It
will be interesting to see what the flower results are. Some are from Bill
Djik and some are from Doug Westfall (the other source was PBS BX so I'd
have to look it up... Lee Poulson rings a bell in memory) so there could be
rather an interesting variety of colours amongst them when they flower.
Here's hoping!! <grin>
Cheers.
Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au
Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about
anything else that doesn't move!!!!!