TOW: Veltheimia
Douglas Westfall (Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:34:28 PST)
From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org>
Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:40:59 -0800
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [pbs] TOW: Veltheimia
I have a question about growing from seed and how long the seed is viable.
I've had mixed luck growing from seed. One year I started seed in the
spring and in the fall. The deer ate all my spring seedlings and they never
recovered so I wasn't able to conclude if that was a good time. I've had
good and bad luck with seeds. Some years no germination and some years good
germination. Last year's BX seed that was supposed to be bicolors which I
really was excited about yielded 0. I'm not quite sure why the mixed
results. Would some of you who are always successful tell us what you do?
Michael, Doug?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Mary Sue,
At the sake of sounding like a "smart aleck, "I JUST PLANT THEM."
Your question is certainly a very good one. This year, I am going to collect
a few seeds and plant them at various times with documentation. I seems
that those seeds that I hav planted just when they are "ripe" have done the
best. That may be just an impression. I have a flat that must have 150 to
200 seedlings growing. I did not "document" the date that they were
planted.
Doug