Re: lupines

loren@peak.org,Internet writes:
>From: Loren Russell <loren@peak.org>
>Subject: lupines
>Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 12:43:30 -0800 (PST)

>Barry,

>I was reading some literature recently on restoration of midwestern
>prairies [Wisconsin, Illinois, etc].  Generally legumes, of which there
>are several important types in those prairies are thought to be the key
>to
>restoring the soil.  

>And they seem to agree that you do  pretty well with one type of
>bacteria
>for an entire genus of legumes.  [Though, oddly, lupines aren't
>important
>in those parairies].

>And there are commercially produced cultures for lupines, just as for
>garden beans, peas, and clover.  But I would expect the L.arboreus to do
>well.  Once a seedling has the bacteria, it keeps it all its life.  And
>once you grow lupines in a soil, you don't need to replace the bacteria.

>Have fun experimenting with this!

>loren

THanks, interesting that lupines arent important in the prairies. I
wonder if the sky lupines (L. nanus) is important in the fields and
hillsides in this area, since they are extremely abundant (theres a
field near a gas station that is literally a sheet of blue when the sky
lupines bloom). Anyways, i think the Russel Hybrid lupines should do
well (im sure the bacteria for L. arborescens is in the soil). In fact,
i treated the seeds with the near boiling water method, and its been
two days and now they already have roots coming out. Cut the
germination time down from a month to just two days! Hopefully i wont
lose these seeds to damping off like what happened to a few L. arboreus
seeds i tried to grow!



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