Right...and at least as applied to arisaema seeds, it's a total myth. Almost all of them are straightforward cold/warm germinators (or possibly just warm, but I tend to get them cleaned and sowed in winter, so they get cold/warm, like it or not, and they like it fine). I do clean the seeds first, i.e. squeeze them out of the "fruits" and rinse them, but there is no prolonged soaking. I've long wondered where that particular bit of folk wisdom originated. Ellen Ellen Hornig Seneca Hill Perennials 3712 County Route 57 Oswego NY 13126 USA http://www.senecahillperennials.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <jmsjon664@aol.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: [pbs] Soaking colchicum seeds > Judy of course is referring to the well-known recipe for dealing with > Arisaema seeds: 'Wrap them up in pantyhose and flush them in the > toilet' -- a memorable little jingle. > Jim Jones > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/