TOW seed dormancy - Alstroemeria
Diane Whitehead (Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:35:37 PST)
Diane: Are the days to germination (emergence) that you posted, the
number elapsed from the beginning of the outdoor (5 to 10 C) period?
excluding of course the 4 weeks of 18 C. Roy
No. I counted the days to emergence from the time I sowed the seeds.
So, for example, A. philippiana germinated 10 days from the time
sown. Any of my seeds that germinated in 30 days or less germinated
in the warmth of my kitchen or living room and never had a cool
period except for the slight drop each night when I turned the heat
down.
Diane