Re: Seed collecting
- To: "'Perennials'" <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Seed collecting
- From: "* T* <m*@clark.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 01:32:57 -0400
Sue,
I don't know of a definitive book, but Amber Hearn wrote a series of
excellent articles a while back on propagation - many of them on seed, in
which she covered collecting, storing and growing. They are still up on
her site. The URL is: http://wcn.simplenet.com/articles/artindex.htm.
Tom Clothier also has excellent resources on growing from seed on his web
site (as well as other things - poke around that site, it is really worth
it) covering collecting, sowing, etc. plus a germination database and the
latest addition - a superior series by Rick A. Grazzini on Genetics for
Seed Savers that is absolutely the first and only information on seed
genetics that I've read that did not make my eyes glaze over and put me to
sleep - very highly recommended, especially if you want to save seed from
your own plants or try your hand at hybridizing.
Url to the index on his site for seed stuff is:
http://www.anet-chi.com/~manytimes/page52.htm
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Pesznecker, Sue <SPesznec@lhs.org>
> Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 11:14 AM
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am gradually building a really nice garden, and learning as I got
> (many of you have been a great help in that area!).
>
> I am wondering if there is a definitive book that talks about how to
> collect seed, what to do with it once you've got it, etc. I would also
> want it to address the issue of which plants propagate from seed versus
> rhizome, etc.
>
> One example: I purchased a native "shooting Star" (dodecatheon-- ?can't
> recall variety??) this year, and after a wonderful bloom period, it
> formed seed pods. I watched them age, and when the first one split, I
> collected the others and now have them stored in a small glass jar. But
> I don't know what to do next. Plant the seeds now? Store them until
> fall? Chill them? etc.
>
> Any suggestions, particularly re: a book, would be welcomed.
>
> Sue P.
>
>
> SPesznec@lhs.org Portland, Oregon
> (USDA zone 8, Sunset zone 6)
>
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