Re: Campanula Latifolia Amethyst

In a message dated 12/23/2000 8:56:41 AM Central Standard Time, 
WHTROS@aol.com writes:

<< Merry Christmas to you all --
 I received some seed pkts from Thompson & Morgan this week.
 One of the items was Campanula Latifolia Amethyst.
 The seed pkt says germination can take 1-3 months at 65-70F.
 Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?
 I suspect the seed is quite fine.
 Will hot water help as suggested for the Asclepias?
 Thank You and Best Wishes --
>>

 Barbara -  The seed is two small for presoaking and soaking will not help 
that much if you could do it.

Some chilling might help-take a small amount of seed starting mix-say about 
Teaspoon and add enough moisture to make it only damp-NOT wet.

Add the seeds and put in a small ziplock bag and put in the fridge for three 
weeks.
After the three weeks-thinly spread out the seeds over the surface of your 
sowing container and cover with a sheet of glass or clear plastic.

The largest problem I have with small seeds like Campanula is that they dry 
out and kill the seeds or seedlings-so the covering has increase my successes 
by hundreds fold.

As a side note-the reason many seeds have long drawn out germination periods 
is because of moisture availability in the wild-some seeds will germinate in 
the spring and others every few weeks until fall -- this way they are bound 
to find a time period were they can relie on enough moister to get started.

Paul

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