> > Mark, how are you storing the seed between the time it ripens in the autumn > and the time it is sown in the spring? Jim: We lived along the Housatonic River in NW Connecticut and skunk cabbage was native to the property. Fresh, uncleaned seed, sown in the fall, left outside for the gelatinous coating to disintegrate naturally, germinates in the spring. It was never necessary to store the seed. A lazy gardener, I tend to sow the seed when it is collected, Onixotis stricta this morning. Want some? S. foetidus plants brought to NC failed to thrive, probably too much heat. Mark Mazer Hertford, North Carolina US