Re: Spuria germination
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- Subject: Re: Spuria germination
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 09:43:14 -0700 (MST)
Greetings,
I looked up spurias in Deno and his results, based on sp. spuria and sp.
spuria var. halophila, were, to my mind, inconclusive and somewhat
contradictory, but suggested strongly that light may be a factor. Generally
they did better with light. What was clear was that they did not necessarily
need a chill, but that one could be beneficial. Also it could take as little
as 3 or as many as 16 weeks for germination. Mine took months and germinated
with a little cool weather, but here the duration may be more important than
the cold. I expect there is a lot of variability in these seeds, including
the modern hybrids. When mine germinated I wrote to Floyd Wickencamp to ask
about their hardiness. He said I was lucky to get germination so quickly, and
he said the seedlings were not very hardy. He works with modern hybrids, too.
My guess is that anything that is a real cold germinator would be hardier as
a seedling.
Anner Whitehead, Richmond, VA
