Mostly, once the first root coming out of a Crinum seed is broken, that's the end for that seed. Very rarely, I've seen crinum seeds with two shoots, and I believe (but have not dissected to see) that this is because there were two embryos in that seed. Jim Shields At 10:52 AM 2/7/2012 +0100, you wrote: >It depends where it broke >... >Roland > ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W