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RE: Pretty Flowers... YES


Banksias can be very very susceptible to damping off (as can many
Proteaceae)
take all precautions you can think of   :-)
Well drained potting mixes, we used very coarse sandy mixes in the rehab
nurserys
and appropriate fungicides as a seed dressing can be usefull
In full sun even mid summer under 46°C heat at the minesite,  they
germinated and established well!
You can't let them dry out under these conditions, but they are less
susceptible to damping off.
Best germination results for Banksias are in milder temperature ranges
though of 15 - 25° C
or equating to autumn for us which is the time you will see most native
seedlings emerge with all winter to put down a tap root to survive
summer.

Good luck

Rod Randall
Weed Risk Assessment
Weed Science Group, Agriculture Western Australia
Home Page  http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/Weedsci.htm

             "I weed..."

> ----------
> From: 	Samantha Lane
> Reply To: 	samantha@academy.net.au
> Sent: 	Thursday, 8 January 1998 7:50 AM
> To: 	awilson@fda.net; medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: 	Re: Pretty Flowers... YES
> 
> 
> 
> ----------
> > From: Andrew Wilson <awilson@fda.net>
> > To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> > Subject: RE: Pretty Flowers... YES
> > Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998 9:00 AM
> > 
> > Rod ,
> > 
> > I find Banksia coccinea startling and brilliant but not pretty. That
> is
> > hardly the word for one of the great ones. Yes, I do grow it. It
> came from
> > seeds of different forms, some red, some orange-red and some with a
> > chocolate color buried in there. They grow fine but... and here is
> the
> <snip> 
> > Andrew Wilson
> > awilson@fda.net
> > 
> Andrew!,
>    how did you grow the seeds? I've been trying to grow b.coccinea, b.
> menziesii
> and d. formosa and they germinate and then rot. What was you method?
> 
> Samantha
>
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