Re: Romneya coulteri
- Subject: Re: Romneya coulteri
- From: R* B* <b*@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 01:29:00 -0800 (PST)
Soak the seed in some gasoline for about 15 minutes, then rinse it off and
plant it. I'm not joking. Learned this in a plant propagation course.
(don't set it on fire!)
The reason the burning method works is that the volatiles in the smoke
neutralize/dissolve/whatever the germination inhibitors; the heat has
nothing to do with it, and too much heat can kill the seeds. The gasoline
dissolves them as well and they will come up like zinnias.
bob
Bob Beer bbeer@u.washington.edu http://weber.u.washington.edu/~bbeer
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On Sat, 14 Dec 1996 ExoticLvs@aol.com wrote:
> Who has had luck germinating seed of Romneya? I have tried every method that
> has been advised with complete failure. Joe
>
