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Re: two simple questions

i don't know where you came up with these two statements. i work at a
greenhouse, we do not use poor soil. we use a good sterile soil for
seedlings.  we do not cover with something opague. we actually use sodium
lights. are seed flats are under mist. we have 87%-92% seed germination.
chris
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> From: James MacDonald <jmacdon@access.digex.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: two simple questions
> Date: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 1:44 PM
> 
> I have two questions and since I'm new to propagation and to this list
they are probably pretty simple.
> 
> For the last five months I've been working at germinating three prairie
species (E corollata, S integrifolium, and V fasciculata).  I collected the
seeds last fall in Wisconsin.  I've tried a few different ways with each
species and have had mixed results.  It feels to me like the most
successful attempts are the ones where I come closest to reproducing what's
actually happening on the hillside where I collected these seeds.  This
make sense to me.  In fact it feels sort of like I'm in a battle of wits
with these conservative little guys in which I'm trying to convince them
they are still on the hillside and it is spring.
> 
> This leads me to my two questions.  In various books and comments on this
list people talk about two things that I don't understand.  The first is
the need to start seeds in a nutrient poor medium.  The second is the
practice of covering the seeds with something opaque, like a folded
newspaper, until they germinate.
> 
> I don't disagree with these but I certainly don't see any connection
between either of these things and the conditions on that hillside in
Wisconsin.  Can someone please explain to me why these two things encourage
germination?
> 
> Jim MacDonald
> 
>
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