Re: Romneya coulteri propagation
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- Subject: Re: Romneya coulteri propagation
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 21:59:27 +1300
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Bob Beer wrote:
>
> >California, mentions that it is also propagated from
> >cuttings, and seed requires fire pretreatment.
>
> This is true but doing fire treatment at home is tricky business; it's easy
> to get it too hot and zap the seed. A nurseryman I know soaks the seed in
> gasoline for about 10 minutes and gets very good germination -- evidently it
> is not the heat that breaks seed dormancy but rather the volatiles that are
> released during burning in habitat. I don't know if other substances might
> work just as well as gasoline but that seems to work well for him.
>
Bob
I remember getting some seed of (I think) Anigozanthus from Australia
years ago and it came with instructions to put the seed in a dish and
cover with some dried leaves or a few bits of paper. One was then
supposed to ignite this cover, which would apparently provide just
enough but not too much heat to start germination..
I have to admit I neve got round to trying it though, so don't know how
well it would have worked.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
