breaking dormancy in Amorph. seeds
- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
- Subject: breaking dormancy in Amorph. seeds
- From: A* G*
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:17:26 -0500 (CDT)
Steve, Don,
This is my third attempt at sending this message, after re-subscribing
>
> > The recent messages about breaking dormancy of Amorphophallus tubers
> > prompted me
> > to share some of my experiences with Amorphophallus seed.....
> >
> > In October of 1998 a friend collected (from a personal garden) seeds of
A.
> > kiusianus
> > and mailed them to me. I promptly planted them in soil that I use for
all
> > seeds and have
> > kept them warm and watered. About a week ago, every single seed
> germinated
> > at once.
> >
> > So this works out to 29 months of inactivity before germination. I
wonder
> > what happened
> > in my absence last week to spur them to germinate! uuuuummmmm.
> >
> > Alan
> > ------------------------------------
> > Alan Galloway
> > Raleigh, North Carolina
> > ------------------------------------
> >
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> >
> >
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