Mine have always germinated with high results in regular seeding mix with no fuss here in Central California. Randy On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:58 PM, James L. Jones <jmsjon664@aol.com> wrote: > I germinated Veltheimia capensis seed (from Silverhill) in my > peatmoss/perlite mix in 6/04 after sowing 2/04 in the greenhouse. Bloom > was 12/10. > Jim Jones > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs <pbs@pilling.demon.co.uk> > To: pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 2:37 pm > Subject: [pbs] germinating Veltheimia seeds > > > *posted on behalf of Ina Crossley* > > I am growing some Veltheimia seeds on paper towels with a thin cover of > propagating sand in a sealed container. Was Googling when they should be > planted > into soil and came across this bit: > > The reason for using moist sand instead of moist paper are > 1) the sand colour changes when drying out > 2) the root of the sprouted seed is not easily damaged when removed from > sand. > 3) the sand doesn't decompose. > 4) the seeds are easily separated from the sand by using a kitchen wire > strainer > with mesh large enough to pass the sand particles but not the seeds. The > last is > important as some seeds leach out inhibitor chemicals. A "freshen up" > every once > in a while gets rid of the leached out inhibitor. The leaching away of the > inhibitor is one of the possible reasons given for an explosion of seed > germination outside after heavy rain. > > I am particularly interested in the inhibitor thing. What is known about > it? Is > this a general concern when growing seed? Any particular seed which is > affected > by it? > > Ina Crossley > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- * * A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- * *