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Re: [SANS] Thanks

Denice,

It's really difficult to give a hard-and-fast rule as to sans.
seed germination. Sometimes they come up fairly soon; sometimes
it seems to take forever. Don't give up too soon. Some succulent
growers keep their seed pots for a year, at least, before
deciding that nothing is going to germinate. (Even then, the
seeds can fool you!

With hard seeds like sansevierias, some people either soak them
overnight, or nick the seeds with a knife. I abrade mine by
scraping them on a steel file (grasping each one with needlenose
pliers.)

HTH

Sue Haffner
>
> Stephen - thank you for the list of references I am printing it out
> right now.  Anyone in particular you reference the most?
>
> Norma - my seeds actually are on a heating pad in trays of soil
> tucked into a zip-loc bag.  The temp in the bag gets up to 75 F.   At
> the same time, I planted Pachypodium brevicaule seeds and they
> germinated in about 7 days.  The tray of S. patens, Dorstenia
> braziliensis and Dorstenia crispa haven't come up yet and it has been
> a month.  Perhaps I have gotten some bad seed.  I was hoping that
> someone was going to tell me that S. patens takes months to
> germinate:)
>
> Here in Cleveland-Ohio we are experiencing wonderful weather - 60F!
> Normally it is cold and snowy by now!  I am enjoying the weather
> while I have the chance.
>
> Denice
>
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