Re: Seed survival (was Propagation/Germination)

Richard Starkeson wrote:
> 
> Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
> 
> > When botanists endeavoured to dry out the
> > herbarium pages they were astonished to find the moisture had germinated
> > a lot of old legume specimens, many having been held in the collection
> > for more than 100 years.
> 
> I had the occasion several years ago, to observe the growth (I missed the actual
> germination) of a legume seed that had to have been buried in the earth for slightly > more than 100 years.... 

Richard 
That reminds me of an old house in our neighbourhood which was pulled
down some twenty years ago. The ground under it had been covered for a
little over 100 years but produced a fine crop of Milk Thistle (Silybum)
as soon as it was out in the open again.

Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
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