Re(2): Acacia Germination
- To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re(2): Acacia Germination
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:55:47 -0700
Ccopuntia@aol.com writes:
>Some of the seeds will
>actually be sprouting by morning! It is easy to tell which seeds will
>germinate immediately, as they *plump up* and look quite different from
>the
>seeds that aren't viable. Sean, I think the fire idea is a good one,
>although I have never found it necessary as the boiling water works like
>a
>charm.
Well i went ahead with my experiment. I did the three ways, scaring,
burning, and boiling. The ones i boiled for a few seconds are already
plumped up (hopefully i didnt let them go too far), the burned ones had
some of their coats actually crack. The scarred ones i will have to wait
and see in a couple of days. If nothing sprouts, i either over did it, or
all of the seed was old (though that shouldnt be the case, i collected
them from pods just beginning to split open.
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