Re: Echinacea

At 09:39 AM 7/22/2002 +0100, Anthony Lyman-Dixon wrote:


Echinacea is very difficult from seed unless it is absolutely fresh, the
only answer is to buy some plants and harvest your own...

Did you stratify them?  My experience with seed packet seeds, even several years old, is that the germination rate is extremely high with stratification.  A few seeds -- maybe one out of 100 -- will sprout without stratification.  Could it be that ~that~  is the rate that's higher when  the seeds are fresh?  I be interested to know -- there are occasions when it's a hassle to wait three months.
-- Susannah

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