CULT:seed-starting

>
>Bill, I was wondering how your sprouts are coming along.  Abe
>mentioned last week, he didn't have any, and I am wondering if the
>sprouting season is late all over the country.  Usually, at this time
>of the season, I have seeds coming up like hair on a dog's back.  It
>worries me that I have so few.  Our winter was colder and longer with
>very few warm days to break the cold, and I am thinking I should have
>more seeds sprouting.  I use the Mother Nature method of sprouting
>seeds, meaning the pots are all outside.


I have seeds treated in 2 ways--some (few) that were planted in 
October and not stratified, but taken directly into the greenhouse. 
Of those, I have had 2 of 11 seeds from a TB x SDB cross germinate, 
and 1 of 23 from an SDB x SDB.  I am not sure that I can expect any 
more this year, since those that germinated did so in December, and 
there have been no additions since (although I do find evidence of 
old seeds germinating two or three years later sometimes) Of a group 
of about 40 LAs (not from planned crosses), 1 germinated yesterday. 
Of a group of 20 or so Pardancanda seeds (collected at a nursery), 
all have germinated.

My SIGNA seeds are still in the cooler and will not come out for 
germination for another 4 weeks.
-- 

Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
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