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Re: seeds-digest Digest V97 #164
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> Subject:
>
> seeds-digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 164
>
> Today's Topics:
> Calla Lilly
> Do you know?
> re: request for lost posting
> Propagation Paranephelius species
> Re: Propagation Paranephelius species
> Sweet Seeds
> Re: Do you know?
> Re: Sweet Seeds
> Re: Sweet Seeds
> Calla Lilly -Reply
> Re: Calla Lilly
> Mina lobata & keeping seeds cool
> Re: Mina lobata & keeping seeds cool
> Re: Calla Lilly
> Phomium Seed
> Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
> Re: Phomium Seed
> Re: Do you know?
> Re: Do you know?
> Plant America
> Coffee seeds
> Re: Do you know?
> Re: unsuscribe
> Re: unsuscribe
> Re: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
> Re: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
> RE: unsuscribe
> Re: unsuscribe
> Re: Do you know?
> Re: Mina lobata & keeping seeds cool
> Re: Parsley and Nasturtium Seeds
> Re: Propagation Mat
> Re: Viola koreana
> Re: Propagation Mat
>
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>
> Subject: Calla Lilly
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 10:19:29 -0500 (EST)
> From: Bruce Mitchell <mitchellb@cyberus.ca>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Two of my Calla Lillies (Zantedeschia) produced seed pods this summer. Both
> plants are now completely dormant but the seeds are still green and still
> tightly packed in the pod. I've found some information on germination but
> I'm wondering if these seeds are viable. One source suggests the seeds
> should be soaked in warm water before planting but would this be required
> given the seeds are not dry? Has anyone had any experience with germinating
> these?
>
> thanks
> Bruce
> Ottawa, Canada
>
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>
> Subject: Do you know?
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 08:17:09 -0700
> From: Duncan McAlpine <mcalpin@eskimo.com>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> What is the smallest plant which produces the largest seed?
>
> Just a thought
> --
> Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA m*@eskimo.com
> Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
>
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>
> Subject: re: request for lost posting
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 08:15:35 -0700
> From: Duncan McAlpine <mcalpin@eskimo.com>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Subject:
> request for lost posting
> Date:
> Fri, 05 Dec 1997 21:20:20 -0800
> From:
> Mariah Travis <mariaht@richmond.infi.net>
> To:
> seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Someone on this list sent me an e-mail from the west-end of Richmond
> regarding the ambiguity of being within a particular growing sone...in
> our case, zone 7. In a frenzy of tidying up when I returned from a trip,
> I erased it. Whoever you are, please write back.
>
> Mariah
> Church Hill, Richmond
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Per the instructions which are provided to subscribers when they join:
>
> All the posting on this mailing are archived on the following url
> http://www.mallorn.com/lists/seeds-list
>
> If you need to find a certain subject or person, you can do a search on
> the archive post on this url:
>
> http://www.mallorn.com/lists/seeds-list/search.cgi
>
> Thank you
> --
> Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA m*@eskimo.com
> Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
>
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>
> Subject: Propagation Paranephelius species
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 11:12:46 +0100
> From: "Jozef Lemmens" <jlemmens@innet.be>
> To: <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
>
> Paranephelius is a genus with beautiful, dwarf species which are growing in
> the Andes Mountains (Peru, Bolivia and Argentina).
> There is a picture of P. ovatus in the 'AGS Encyclopaedia of Alpines'
> or P. uniflorus on http:\\www.club.innet.be/~pub00991/Para.jpg
> When they are in flower it is a wonderful sight.
> But because I have only 1 plant of P. uniflorus I have tried to propagate
> the plant via root cuttings last June.
> Does anyone have more experience with the propagation of this genus.
>
> Jozef Lemmens - Wilsele (Belgium) - jlemmens@innet.be
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Propagation Paranephelius species
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 09:52:55 -0800
> From: Alex Teller <alextell@pacbell.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> The correct address is:
>
> http://www.club.innet.be/~pub00991/Para.jpg
>
> Jozef Lemmens wrote:
>
> > Paranephelius is a genus with beautiful, dwarf species which are growing in
> > the Andes Mountains (Peru, Bolivia and Argentina).
> > There is a picture of P. ovatus in the 'AGS Encyclopaedia of Alpines'
> > or P. uniflorus on http:\\www.club.innet.be/~pub00991/Para.jpg
> > When they are in flower it is a wonderful sight.
> > But because I have only 1 plant of P. uniflorus I have tried to propagate
> > the plant via root cuttings last June.
> > Does anyone have more experience with the propagation of this genus.
> >
> > Jozef Lemmens - Wilsele (Belgium) - jlemmens@innet.be
>
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>
> Subject: Sweet Seeds
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 14:39:43 -0400
> From: ftek <ftek@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> There is suppose to be a plant that is kind of a substitute for sugar.
> Or it is just very sweet to the taste. Does anyone know about this:
> stavia or something. Anyway how would that plant do in a place like NC?
> Does anyone have seeds and is there anything special about growing this
> plant? thanks, Joseph
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Do you know?
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:54:06 EST
> From: Thurocyn <Thurocyn@aol.com>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> how about the largest plant with the smallest seed: coast redwood
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Sweet Seeds
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 12:53:22 -0600
> From: "Mary Misel " <mmisel@teleport.com>
> To: <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
>
> The plant is stevia, you can get seeds through Nichols Nursery in Albany,
> Or. I grow mine inside in Oregon, there are lots of sites on the net that
> explain why it's not used in the US and it's advantages. (Put cane sugar and
> nutrasweet out of business if it wasn't illegal. Good for diabetics) Major
> sweetner of Japan and Paraguay. Dried it can be purchased in some herbal
> stores. - Good Luck- Mary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ftek <ftek@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 1:36 PM
> Subject: Sweet Seeds
>
> >There is suppose to be a plant that is kind of a substitute for sugar.
> >Or it is just very sweet to the taste. Does anyone know about this:
> >stavia or something. Anyway how would that plant do in a place like NC?
> >Does anyone have seeds and is there anything special about growing this
> >plant? thanks, Joseph
> >
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Sweet Seeds
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 15:02:02 -0600
> From: Don Martinson <dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> >There is suppose to be a plant that is kind of a substitute for sugar.
> >Or it is just very sweet to the taste. Does anyone know about this:
> >stavia or something. Anyway how would that plant do in a place like NC?
> >Does anyone have seeds and is there anything special about growing this
> >plant? thanks, Joseph
>
> I believe the correct name is Stevia rebaudiana. It is available from
> Logee's Greenhouses, 141 North St., Danielson, CT 06239 It is $5.25 and
> available only from April 15 to Oct. 15. They state that they cannot
> guarantee safe delivery. I don't know why, but perhaps it doesn't ship
> well.
>
> Don Martinson
> Medical College of Wisconsin
> dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu
>
> "Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
> Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."
>
> Jimmy Johnson - "Arlo & Janis"
>
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>
> Subject: Calla Lilly -Reply
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 23:16:30 +0200
> From: Martin Voges <voges@drama.unp.ac.za>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Bruce Mitchell <mitchellb@cyberus.ca> wrote:
> > Two of my Calla Lillies (Zantedeschia) produced seed pods this
> > summer. Both plants are now completely dormant but the seeds
> > are still green and still tightly packed in the pod. I've found some
> > information on germination but I'm wondering if these seeds are
> > viable. One source suggests the seeds should be soaked in
> > warm water before planting but would this be required given the
> > seeds are not dry? Has anyone had any experience with
> > germinating these?
>
> I'm no expert by any means, but I'm trying to remember info from the ones
> I grew a couple of years ago ... Green and firm seeds (fruits) sounds
> klike they're not ripe yet. I recall that mine changed to yellowish and the
> flesh surrounding the seeds became pulpy late in the season.
>
> The seeds themselves seem to be encased in a fibrous pip hull.
> That and the fact that most of my seeds rotted, makes me doubt the
> need for a soak a little.
>
> I don't know that there's much more I can offer - I simply sowed them in
> the spring wihtout special treatment, but then they're indigenous
> (some endemic) here.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Calla Lilly
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 21:32:25 +0000 (GMT)
> From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> > The seeds themselves seem to be encased in a fibrous pip hull.
> > That and the fact that most of my seeds rotted, makes me doubt the
> > need for a soak a little.
>
> Uh...seeds need soaking for different reasons. Some (Lupinus, for
> example) just need the water to "soften" them up, and soaked seeds will
> often germinate in a day ore two, where unsoaked seeds may take a week
> or more.
>
> Others need the soaking, (or better yet, washing, even with soap) to remove
> chemicals that inhibit germination.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Mina lobata & keeping seeds cool
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 23:35:53 +0200
> From: Martin Voges <voges@drama.unp.ac.za>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Can anyone offer any advice at all about germinating Mina lobata seeds?
> I have fewer than 20 seeds, and would like to succeed with as many as
> possible. (I have a handful of rather old ones too. Any tricks to restart
> old seeds?)
>
> Part of my concern about the mina lobata and other seeds is that
> temperatures are getting quite high now (30+Celcius). Other than
> keeping them in the shade, can anyone suggest simple but effective
> means to keep seedtrays cooler than the ambient temperature?
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Mina lobata & keeping seeds cool
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 18:50:03 -0800
> From: Mariah Travis <mariaht@richmond.infi.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Martin Voges wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone offer any advice at all about germinating Mina lobata seeds?
> > I have fewer than 20 seeds, and would like to succeed with as many as
> > possible. (I have a handful of rather old ones too. Any tricks to restart
> > old seeds?)
> >
> > Part of my concern about the mina lobata and other seeds is that
> > temperatures are getting quite high now (30+Celcius). Other than
> > keeping them in the shade, can anyone suggest simple but effective
> > means to keep seedtrays cooler than the ambient temperature?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Martin
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> I'm not sure what growing zone you are in, but Mina Lobada did well for
> me here in Richmond, VA. I started the seeds indoors, mostly because I
> was impatient for spring. In retrospect, I don't think that was
> necessary...I must have had a germination rate of about 95%. I grew the
> vines on a fence that received full sun until mid afternoon. To say that
> they grew well is a vast understatement. When they ran out of fence to
> conquer, the vines twined around themselves vertically like some
> botanical kind of dreadlocks, and I had to keep whacking them back. They
> flowered on at least 100 stalks at a time up until our first frost and
> set seed generously. I saw it grown a quarter mile away in the
> shade...the leaves made a modestly pleasant sight, but flowers never
> formed. I can take no credit for the vine's success. I simply watered it
> as I did the rest of the garden and didn't fuss with it.
>
> I don't have any info about how to keep seedtrays cool. Sorry, but I
> would be glad to send you some mina seeds.
>
> Mariah
> Zone 7
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Calla Lilly
> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 01:38:58 +0200
> From: Martin Voges <voges@drama.unp.ac.za>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> You wrote:
> >> doubt the need for a soak
> >
> >Uh...seeds need soaking for different reasons.
>
> Thanks for pointing this out. I have a lot to learn!
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Phomium Seed
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 17:13:18 -0800
> From: "Diana L. Politika" <diana@olympus.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> I purchase some tricolored Phomium seed.
> I know that on some germination board, somewhere in cyberspace, the
> germination information exists. I simply cannot find it.
> Does anybody have the info for the seed?
> Thank you veddy much.
>
> The Greenhouse Nursery
> 81 S. Bagley Creek Road
> Port Angeles, WA 98362
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 17:18:10 -0800
> From: "Diana L. Politika" <diana@olympus.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> I have a bed that I've been battling grass sprouts in for 6 years.
> I have had it. I'm breaking out the heavy artillary.
> I know that Round-Up uses photosynthesis to move thru plant tissues and
> be effective. Because it is now December, and the temps are dropping, I
> wonder if Round-Up will still translocate within the plant.
> In a nutshell: Is it too late to use Round-Up effectively?
> (My bulbs will be coming up soon and I have a clear shot right now.)
> Thanks
>
> The Greenhouse Nursery
> 81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
> Port Angeles, WA 09362
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Phomium Seed
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 17:50:22 -0700
> From: Kwint <gwprod@primenet.com>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> At 6:13 PM -0700 12/7/97, Diana L. Politika wrote:
> >I purchase some tricolored Phomium seed.
> >I know that on some germination board, somewhere in cyberspace, the
> >germination information exists. I simply cannot find it.
> >Does anybody have the info for the seed?
> >Thank you veddy much.
> >
> >The Greenhouse Nursery
> >81 S. Bagley Creek Road
> >Port Angeles, WA 98362
>
> The Thompson and Morgan database that Duncan has on his site lists the
> phollowing phor Phormium, but I don't know if that is the same as Phomium.
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/tm.html
>
> Phormium HP
> Germ time: 30-180
> Not sure what the X means
>
> Temp: 60-65
> Soil: Peaty
> Just covered
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Do you know?
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 00:39:25 EST
> From: Meum71 <Meum71@aol.com>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> I do not know the size of the redwood seeds-but if it is like any other tree
> -they are good sized--I would say that the orchids have the smallest seed
> relative to the size of the plant.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Do you know?
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 23:13:39 -0700 (MST)
> From: Olin Miller <millero@netzone.com>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Eucalyptus seed is the smallest I've seen and the Red Bark Euc, although not
> as big as the Coast Redwood, is still a pretty big tree. /Olin
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Plant America
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 06:13:40 -0800
> From: "McAlpine, Duncan G" <Duncan.McAlpine@PSS.Boeing.com>
> To: "'seeds-list@eskimo.com'" <seeds-list@eskimo.com>,
> "'rose-list@eskimo.com'" <rose-list@eskimo.com>,
> "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'"
> <pumpkins@mallorn.com>,
> "'veggie-list@eskimo.com'"
> <veggie-list@eskimo.com>,
> "'woodyplants@mallorn.com'"
> <woodyplants@mallorn.com>
>
> Do you need to know more about plants? Here is a new site which was
> introduced to me. Take a look...really take a look
>
> http://www.plantamerica.com/palink.htm
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Coffee seeds
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:49:20 -0600
> From: "Mary Misel " <mmisel@teleport.com>
> To: <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
>
> Just got some coffee seeds- it says cold treatment then bottom heat -
> Ok, is the refrigerator ok? How long in the fridge- they're in the
> butter keeper now?- Thanks Mary
>
> Mary Misel
> P.O.Box 304
> Gaston, Or.97119
> www.teleport.com/~mmisel
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Do you know?
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 04:51:31 +0700
> From: "Daniel S. Subrata" <danielss@idola.net.id>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> giant sequia grown to 300ft but the seeds is very small
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: unsuscribe
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 19:09:13 EST
> From: KASSADI <KASSADI@aol.com>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> unsuscribe
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: unsuscribe
> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 17:03:20 -0800
> From: Alex Teller <alextell@pacbell.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> You need to improve your spelling: unsuBscribe.
> Computers are very stubborn!
>
> KASSADI wrote:
>
> > unsuscribe
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:19:30 -0800
> From: "Carolyn Zard" <czard@silverlink.net>
> To: <diana@olympus.net>, <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
>
> > From: Diana L. Politika <diana@olympus.net>
> > To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> > Subject: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
> > Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 5:18 PM
> > In a nutshell: Is it too late to use Round-Up effectively?
> Diana: You might get some limited control on your grass if you use Round-up
> now as it's been mild enough that there could still be some growth
> continuing at this late date. If you could spray on a sunny day with no
> rain for 24hrs. it would help. Most of the effectivness of this chemical
> would be lost because of the cooler season - it's so expensive. But, I
> reconize the need to do it at this time - you've got nothing to loose
> except the cost of the spray. Your Kingston, WA. neighbor, Carolyn
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 19:49:02 -0800 (PST)
> From: teachout@glinda.oz.net (Teachout)
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> >> From: Diana L. Politika <diana@olympus.net>
> >> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> >> Subject: Round-Up (Glycophosphate)
> >> Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 5:18 PM
> >> In a nutshell: Is it too late to use Round-Up effectively?
> >Diana: You might get some limited control on your grass if you use Round-up
> >now as it's been mild enough that there could still be some growth
> >continuing at this late date. If you could spray on a sunny day with no
> >rain for 24hrs. it would help. Most of the effectivness of this chemical
> >would be lost because of the cooler season - it's so expensive. But, I
> >reconize the need to do it at this time - you've got nothing to loose
> >except the cost of the spray. Your Kingston, WA. neighbor, Carolyn
>
> Diana,
>
> This won't help this year, but after the bulb foliage has died down and I
> want to dig up bulbs to divide them or take baby bulbs to a nursery bed to
> propagate more, I have a little trick for the weeds. I replant the bulbs
> then place a 2 to 3 layer of newspapers over the soil and a fine shredded
> bark mulch over the top. The newspaper smothers any wanna be weeds
> (providing it has been weeded at the time of planting) and by the time the
> bulbs are pushing up out of the ground the newspaper has decayed enough for
> them to push through. I do check this month to make sure the newspaper has
> broken down enough for them to get through. Pretty easy method to keep the
> weeds at bay. The baby bulbs thrive in the nursery beds done this way also.
>
> Carolyn I am really your neighbor in Kingston also!
> ######################################
> Debra Teachout-Teashon
> Pacific Northwest Gardening
> Planting and Care of Clematis
> http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/416
> #######################################
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: RE: unsuscribe
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:11:52 -0800
> From: Kareena Holloway <JsWife@2xtreme.net>
> To: "'seeds-list@eskimo.com'" <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
>
> Gosh Alex!
>
> You could've made that a private message! I'm sure she's embarrassed now!! Ha ha ha ...
>
> Kareena
> khollow@2xtreme.net
>
> ----------
> From: Alex Teller
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 1997 5:03 PM
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: unsuscribe
>
> You need to improve your spelling: unsuBscribe.
> Computers are very stubborn!
>
> KASSADI wrote:
>
> > unsuscribe
>
> Name: WINMAIL.DAT
> Part 1.28.1.2 Type: unspecified type
> (application/octet-stream)
> Encoding: x-uuencode
>
> Subject: Re: unsuscribe
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 00:04:57 -0800
> From: Alex Teller <alextell@pacbell.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Gosh Kareena! You also could have made that a private message...LOL. I did consider it but, it helps
> other people to realize that one has to pay attention to spelling (sometimes) and after all Kassadi
> is leaving anyway. Now, what makes you think she or he is a SHE?
> Respectfully.........
>
> Kareena Holloway wrote:
>
> > Gosh Alex!
> >
> > You could've made that a private message! I'm sure she's embarrassed now!! Ha ha ha ...
> >
> > Kareena
> > khollow@2xtreme.net
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Alex Teller
> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 1997 5:03 PM
> > To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> > Subject: Re: unsuscribe
> >
> > You need to improve your spelling: unsuBscribe.
> > Computers are very stubborn!
> >
> > KASSADI wrote:
> >
> > > unsuscribe
> >
> > Name: WINMAIL.DAT
> > WINMAIL.DAT Type: DAT File (application/x-unknown-content-type-dat_auto_file)
> > Encoding: x-uuencode
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Do you know?
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 08:17:44 -0400
> From: jimdunleavy <jjdunleavy@ns.sympatico.ca>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> I got some metasequoia seeds last year (ie redwood) that were 3/16ths of
> an inch across their rather papery diameter with a 1/16th in. hard
> kernal in the center.
> Haven't seen orchid seed, but fern spore looks like dust.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Mina lobata & keeping seeds cool
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 08:45:18 -0500
> From: Rika Art & Design <missrika@earthlink.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Martin Voges wrote:
>
> > Can anyone offer any advice at all about germinating Mina lobata
> > seeds?
>
> I grow so-o-o-o many seeds each year, it's hard to remember the
> germination tricks for each, without referring to my notes.
> However, I'm pretty sure that the real trick with Mina lobata is to
> place the seeds on their sides, with 1/2 of the seed above the soil
> line, and not to let them get too wet. If I'm wrong, I apologize, but
> know that this works for at least one of the more tropical climbers that
> I grow each year.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Parsley and Nasturtium Seeds
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 08:51:23 -0500
> From: Rika Art & Design <missrika@earthlink.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Margot Kane wrote:
>
> > I have just harvested some parsley and nasturtium seeds. Do I store
> > them
> > for the winter or plant them now? I am in zone 7 - the East End of
> > Long Island.
>
> Store them dry and cool. Parsely seed degenerates quickly. Start the
> parsely very early in late winter, like anytime in February. Keep them
> covered. Umbillefers need dark to germinate. And don't despair when they
> don't come up immediatedly. Old folklore says that for Parsely to
> germinate it has to go back and forth to the devil 7 times!
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Propagation Mat
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 08:57:30 -0500
> From: Rika Art & Design <missrika@earthlink.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Ranjit Singh wrote:
>
> > >I have a question - is there a book available with germination
> > instructions
> > >for all plant types - including number of days to germination -
> > temperature
> > >requirements - and light requirements?
> > >Thanks in advance.
> > >N. Kuhns
> >
> > I have just ordered a book by Norman Deno which was recommended to me
> > by a
> > member of the list. Loren Russell.
> > The address is 139 Lenor Drive, State College, PA 16801. Tel #
> > 814-238-8770
>
> THE BOOK IS FABULOUS!! AND EVERY YEAR OR SO, DEMO PUTS OUT AN ADDENDUM
> - GET THEM ALL!!!
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Viola koreana
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 09:39:26 -0500
> From: Rika Art & Design <missrika@earthlink.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>
> Alex Teller wrote:
>
> > Hi Diana,
> >
> > I'd also like to know more about your nursery and about your gardening
> > in
> > general. Privately or even better publicly, the latter because I am
> > sure
> > other people are fascinated too with your knowledge of the various
> > subjects
> > you comment on. I have learned a lot from your answers to other
> > people's
> > questions.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > Rika Art & Design wrote:
> >
> > > Diana L. Politika wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anyone have info on viola koreana? I've sown the seed but
> > > > suspect
> > > > that it needs to chill. And when they survive, what are the
> > > > requirements?
> > > > I'd have thought a viola is a viola, however, I managed to kill an
> >
> > > > entire flat of viola pedatum by giving too much shade and water.
> > What
> > > >
> > > > a twisted trick of God to offer a viola that grows in dry, poor,
> > > > gravelly soil. So now I wonder if koreana has any secrets.
> > > >
> > > > The Greenhouse Nursery
> > > > 81 South Bagley Creek Road
> > > > Port Angeles, WA 98362
> > >
> > > HI Diana,
> > >
> > > Violas do like a chilling period, however, everything I've ever read
> >
> > > about them says that they need darkness to germinate, which is odd,
> > as
> > > most cold stratified seeds need light,
> > > Hope this helps.
> > > I'd like to know more about you and your nursery. Please write me
> > > privately.
> > > Rika
>
> Alex,
> I think you may have wanted to address you note to me... Rika... If
> not, I apologize.
>
> I'm always willing to share my knowledge.
>
> If you are interested in my nursery and in my gardening, here's my
> story>>>
>
> Since I was a small child, I loved to garden.
>
> I started with seeds and other propagation techniques six or seven years
> ago as a hobbyist.
> I started reading everything I could about plants, horticulture and the
> like. I always found it amazing that such large and wonderful plants
> could grow from such a tiny thing as a seed.
>
> In addition, I joined many Horticultural groups with seed exchanges,
> such as the Hardy Plant Society in the UK, the Hardy Plant Society ,
> Mid-Atlantic Group, The North American Rock Garden Society.
>
> When You donate seeds, you get even a better choice of seed that's sent
> to you, with plants that you've never heard of, some of which you've
> searched for for years.
>
> Then, of course, you need to find out about how to germinate them.
> I've tried to germinate some genii, species, etc. seeds for three or
> four years, just because I needed to master a certain technique.
>
> My garden was really beautiful five years ago. (I had the time to tend
> to it), and several people asked me to create gardens for them.
>
> A landscaping firm was born.
>
> Then, still nuts about plants and growing them, I started to grow for my
> own and my client's needs. Of course, I grew too much and too many....
> And the funniest thing about growing plants in a nursery situation, they
> really propagate themselves...(Outgrowing containers, seeding around,
> needing to be divided, etc)... And so a nursery was born.
>
> We're just about to mail out our first mail-order caltalogue - unusual
> plants with great foliar value are our specialty. We're located in zone
> 7a in Long Island.
>
> Rika Bronsther
> Willow Pond Nursery
> P.O. Box 192
> Hewlett, NY 11557
>
> Soon - Catalogue on line
> willowpondnursery.com
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Propagation Mat
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:38:26 -0600
> From: "http://cyberseeds.com" <cyberseeds@cyberseeds.com>
> To: <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
>
> We have added a search engine to our website - with the germination info
> that Duncan MCalpine made available to you on his website - it is still in
> the development stages - you can trial it at:
>
> http://cyberseeds.com/gdb/search.htm
> or by clicking on germination tips from our home page.
>
> An example follows:
> Species => Carica
>
> Type: Greenhouse Shrub
> Germination Days: 30-120
> Germination Temp: 75
> Light/Dark:
> Media: Pe aty
> Sow Depth: 1/8"
> Comments: See No. 13. (Soak for 40 hours). --- you would click on
> No. 13 to get more specific information !!
>
> Duncan made the information availabe and will also have a link from his
> webpage after we have completed it. You all can thank him for the
> tremendous amount of work that went into making the data available. We
> simply created a search engine that speeds up the process and allows you to
> retrieve the data by species name. Please try it.
>
> ----------
> > From: Rika Art & Design <missrika@earthlink.net>
> > To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> > Subject: Re: Propagation Mat
> > Date: Tuesday, December 09, 1997 7:57 AM
> >
> > Ranjit Singh wrote:
> >
> > > >I have a question - is there a book available with germination
> > > instructions
> > > >for all plant types - including number of days to germination -
> > > temperature
> > > >requirements - and light requirements?
> > > >Thanks in advance.
> > > >N. Kuhns
> > >
> > > I have just ordered a book by Norman Deno which was recommended to me
> > > by a
> > > member of the list. Loren Russell.
> > > The address is 139 Lenor Drive, State College, PA 16801. Tel #
> > > 814-238-8770
> >
> > THE BOOK IS FABULOUS!! AND EVERY YEAR OR SO, DEMO PUTS OUT AN ADDENDUM
> > - GET THEM ALL!!!
> >
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