Re: Freezing Seeds
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- Subject: Re: Freezing Seeds
- From: B* J* <l*@cland.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 07:59:28 -0700 (MST)
MMoller123@aol.com wrote:
>
> Dr. Carl Jorgensen at Colorado State did quite a study on seed germination.
> The seeds were placed in cold storage of low 40+ degrees for a certain number
> of weeks. This whole process is described in an older AIS bulletin, late 60's
> or early 70's. His germination using the prescibed method is over 90%. He is
> the king in our area.
Barb comments:
That's just what I did with Dave Niswonger's Chrysographes seeds.
They've been in the fridge since August! I do plan to plant them as soon
as our 8 inches of snow melts and it gets above zero! :-)
I did get the two batches of his spuria seeds planted in December and
eagerly await their awakening!
Barb Johnson ljohnson@cland.net
Southwest Missouri Ozarks USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (MO & KS)
