> > That's interesting. It sounds as if there is a difference between the > Connecticut populations and the Maryland populations in this regard. > > Here in zone 7 Maryland, the seed actually germinates in the autumn and goes > into the winter with a two to three inch root already down into the soil. Doubt it Jim. I wouldn't be poking around those seedpots until spring, wouldn't note if they had a radicle or not; set it and forget it plant propagation Mark Mazer Hertford, North Carolina USA