Re: Garden thugs continued....

**"* P* L* <t*@spamfodder.com>**

On Jan 13, Tom Ogren wrote:
> Anyhow, if anyone has
> seen a plant whose seed persists longer than this, I'd be curious to hear
> about it.

Hi Tom,

Replying off-list (please send a summary of what you hear!), but there
is the 2000 year-old seed from a date palm that was germinated in 2008:

   http://neveryetmelted.com/2008/06/15/2000-year-old-palm-seed-from-masada-grown-into-tree/

Fascinating that the tree was thought to be extinct 1500 years ago.

The article mentions that 1300 year-old Chinese lotus seed has been
germinated as well.

Chris
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