Tropaeolum
David Victor (Mon, 16 May 2005 03:06:32 PDT)

Hi there Mary Sue,

I saw your note about germinating Tropaeolum. I grow quite a few and
generally follow Norm Deno's idea on them. He says give them four weeks at
70F, followed by a period at 40F. They then germinate within a few weeks,
but need to be kept cool until the stem starts to emerge. Then they can be
potted up, but very carefully. They are threadlike and very brittle at
that stage.

If I have fresh seed from my own plants, then I would probably ignore the
above and just plant it in the warm.

I grow a number of species not shown on the WIKI. Similarly, with
Bomarea. Would you like some photos of them?

Best regards,
David Victor