Don Martinson wrote: > > One of my catalogs has the following entry regarding the planting of Marah > oreganus seed: > "Plant the seed two or three times its diameter as germination is hypogeal." > Exactly what is hypogeal germination? The cotyledons can emerge above ground (epigeal) or remain below hypogeal. Is this a bulb producing plant? Perhaps it refers to the way some plants spend their first season producing a bulb or corm below the surface, without showing any trace of growth above ground. -- Brian Cook b*@interlog.com Toronto/Port Perry Ontario Canada