Re: [hellebore] Hellebore seeds?
- Subject: Re: [hellebore] Hellebore seeds?
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 02:13:52 -0500
Well, if they were mine, I'd try to remove as much paper towel as
possible without damage to roots and pot them up in my standard
potting medium just as though they were small plants but with the
seed enough under the top of the soil so it doesn't poke out.
Remaining paper towels should rot away. Trying to disentangle the
roots from the towels will damage them, I fear.
If you keep them in that basement, you'll have to monitor closely
for the first seed leaves and immediately give them bright light.
65F should be OK...could even be cooler. Don't think I'd put them in
the fridge; too easy to forget to check them. Would not allow those
paper towels to become dry at all...keep the roots moist.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> Happy Holidays to everyone!
> Last August I received some Hellebore seeds from a seed exchange.
Not having
> any luck with previous H. seeds, I "planted" them in baggies on
paper towels.
> Now I have paper towels full of spidery roots. I plan to lay the
paper
> towels on a soilless mix soon but don't know what else to do.
Should I cover
> the paper towels and roots with a layer of soilless mix or sphagnum
moss?
> Then leave them in the 65 degree basement where they've been all
this time?
> Or should I put them in the refrigerator? So far there is no sign
of any
> cotyledons.
>
> Best Wishes, Barbara
> USDA Zone 5, Rock Island, IL
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