Re: Seed Viability
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Seed Viability
- From: t*@Lanl.GOV (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:58:27 -0700
Sharon McAllister writes
:> Does anyone have experience germinating Oncos and or Regelias?
:
:Yes. It's a challenge. Will be glad to field questions but, overall, it's too
:big a subject for one message.
Sharon wrote a very informative article on this subject, which appeared
in the 1994 Aril Society Yearbook. The essence of her germination technique
is cycling through warm and cold stratification until the seeds sprout.
Many aril growers prefer the simplicity of planting the seeds directly
in the ground, but this method produces low germination rates, and what
germination does occur may happen 5 years or more after planting.
Back issues of the ASI Yearbook contain a great deal of information on
this topic. Sharon, especially, has researched and written about aril
germination quite extensively.
So yes, Sharon is a good one to ask, but like she says, it's a big
subject!
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