Dear Mary Sue, Yes, I'm a California resident and wish to grow your Nerine seeds. Thank you. Since I'm a new member, my address is not listed in the PBC member list 2013. I bought your Nerine seeds this month, and they are already germinated. The green ones are leave or seeds? Makiko Goto-Widerman 42 Park Crest Newport Coast, CA 92657 On Dec 20, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few seeds that I have just harvested of > a few different Nerines that I am growing. I'm > willing to share them with members of this list > who live in California (so I won't have to worry > about weather conditions for mailing). I need to > limit this since I don't have a lot of seeds. All > of these were pollinated by nature so no > guarantees they will look like the orginal > plants. Please email me privately with your > address if you are interested as only those > requests will be considered. These are > > 1. Nerine bowdenii > 2. Nerine sarinensis hybrid (obviously late blooming) > 3. Nerine humilis × Nerine undulata - Originally > from Jim Robinett when he was getting rid of > plants. It was marked as a cross between Nerine > flexuosa, now considered Nerine humilis and > Nerine undulata. One is from a summer rainfall > area and one from a winter rainfall area. This > plant grows well in Northern California, growing > in the ground and flowering in the fall. Without > summer rainfall it sometimes loses its leaves. I > can grow it much easier in the ground than N. > bowdenii which I grow in a deep pot where I can > be sure it gets water when in growth. > > From the wiki: > Nerines produce fleshy seeds that are programmed > to germinate immediately. Therefore seeds that > are ripe (often easily detached from the > flowering spike) should be sown right away into a > well drained mix. Nerine seeds are best pushed > gently into the surface of the soil about 1/4" > (1/2 cm), not covered, and watered by capillary > action - standing the pot in a saucer until the > surface is damp. Germinate rate should be very > good, almost 100%. For the first year they can be > kept growing through the resting season. After > that they will need the normal rest (Peter Smithers). > > Mary Sue > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/