Re: Another germination topic

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I can't remember whether we did or not. My friend was from a
gardening family in Wales, and knew many methods that aren't used
here. I remember her showing me how to germinate primula seeds by
setting a brick in water and sowing seeds in the hollow. (This was
before plastic bags were invented - they've made keeping seedpots
moist a lot easier.)

I've just read the cuttings entry in Bailey's Standard Cyclopedia
which was written before hormone treatments were devised, and there is
no mention of wheat grains. But Bailey was American.

Diane

On 10-Jan-10, at 11:29 AM, gardenersfriend@sasktel.net wrote:

> Has anyone tried this?
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> From: Diane Whitehead
> I think it was putting a grain of wheat in a slit in the stem so that
> chemicals given off by the germinating seed would stimulate root
> development.
>