They need scarification with a file or similar. I have also had good results just standing them on wet kitchen paper until I see a radicle emerge. Fewer rotten seeds this way. T > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:13:18 -0400 > From: dkramb@badbear.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] Erythrina herbacea > > I got this from the year end BX sale in February 2010. None of them > germinated yet, but I poked around in the pot and the seeds are still firm > and bright red. Is there a trick to get them to germinate? Scarification? > > I looked around on the internet, but didn't find anything helpful. > > Thanks, > Dennis in Cincinnati > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/