Re: Re: HYB: seed stratification

Linda Mann wrote:

> Chris, do you have some crosses that don't germinate any seeds until
> after they come out of the fridge?

Linda,

I have had many crosses not germinate in the fridge but  sprout soon
after being potted. It's actually easier this way because I don't have
to untangle a big mess of roots. I've tried returning seeds ungerminated
to the fridge but they started to get mushy/rot.  I think seeds don't
want to be put back into the fridge after 120 days.  

I think fridge temperature plays a big role in germination, we keep ours
quite cold and I'm sure it doesn't help.  George Sutton wrote a great
article about this in an AIS bulletin.  He was getting better
germination rates in fridge that I get. 

Oh course...like you,  I gain valuable growing time this way.  All this
didn't help much with the extreme weather we got last summer  but I can
only hope it'll be easier this time around.  

Chris

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