Re: was Anemone sylvestris now bad seed

In a message dated 3/11/2002 3:28:10 PM Central Standard Time, ECPep@aol.com 
writes:


> Incorrectly ID'd.  In fact some were weeds of bad reputation.  That group 
> was distributing Campanula rapunculoides as Adenophora so it can easily 
> happen.
> 
> This is not done deliberately, 

Claire and Janet are correct when they say that a number of seeds that are 
floating around are under false names.  This is one of the reasons that I 
gave up on seed swaps and exchanges, there were too many problems: the 
largest being incorrectly identified seeds or/and incorrectly collected and 
stored seed.

I have had much better results from the larger seed exchanges like NARGS. but 
you do not always get what you think you are getting.  This is true even of 
commercial sources too.  As an example a few years ago I sowed some seed for 
Plantago major rubrifolia, they all came up and I said to myself "Hmm ... 
they do not look red yet- I will give you guys some time" well some time 
passed and they were still not red-it turns out the were...Plantago 
lanceolata.  Now this seed came from a very professional seed house-so 
mistakes happen.

But I do believe that more than a few people pass off seed as something other 
than what it is -- so they can get something for free from others.

The other group of people that send "bad" seed are those that do not know 
what they are doing -- more than once did I receive so called seed with NO 
seed in it-just dried flower parts.  

"Campanula rapunculoides as Adenophora" this is not a hard mistake to 
make-they look very much the same, except that the campanula is a "great" 
spreader and it's very difficult to "remove" it from the soil if you want to 
plant something else it its location.

Raising plants from seed has so any advantages-they out way the few problems 
that one encounters, just learn to be suprised and remember the times you 
received more than you expected.

Speaking of seeds, I am working on a webpage on seed sowing and would love to 
here so ideas on what else I should include.
<A HREF="http://hardyplants.com/seed_starting_.html";>http://hardyplants.com/seed_starting_.html</A>

I wish to cover all the basics so that someone who is just starting out with 
seeds can have some successes but I also wish to make it informative so that 
those that have had a little more experience can gain from it too.

Keep in mind that I just started it so its in rudimentary form and a work in 
progress as time permits.


Paul

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