Question about harvesting seed
The Silent Seed (Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:12:54 PST)
Are you saying that you cut off an Eucomis flower spike, put it in water, and it rooted ? Has anyone tried this with its leaves?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Max Withers <maxwithers@gmail.com>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 10:09 am
Subject: Re: [pbs] Question about harvesting seed
last year I put a blooming Eucomis reichenbachii inflorescence in a bud
vase. It did not set seed, but it rooted.
On Jan 5, 2012 12:04 PM, "Fred Biasella" <fbiasella@watertownsavings.com>
wrote:
Hello All,
For the past 3 years or so I have been cutting off the scapes of Eucomis
after they flower but before the seed ripen and threw them on the
"composting" pile in the garden. Not only did they finish ripening but they
also sprouted the following spring, despite our rather brutal winter. So
you can add Eucomis to this list of harvesting seeds after the scape is
removed.
Regards,
Fred Biasella
Cambridge (Boston) MA
USDA Zone 6b
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