i'll bet the compost got hot as it rotted and made it warm for the seeds to sprout. robin c ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Biasella" <fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:57 PM Subject: [pbs] Question about harvesting seed > 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 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >