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Re: Musa seed

Ron Hill wrote:
> 
>    "Diana L. Politika" <diana@olympus.net> wrote in part:
> 
> >
> > My seed is courtesy of Thomson and Morgan.  I paid >money< for mine,
> > which is an assurance of failure in most seed departments.
> > Neither the Phormium Tri-color, the Musa, the viola koreana, the
> > hellebores or the Brugmansia 'Blackberry Swirl' has done a doggone
> > thing.  I >hate< growing from seed.  Give me a live plant that I can
> > hack up into little pieces and I'm a happy grower.
> > Phooey.
> >
> I found that hellebores will germinate after sowing and leaving
> on the bottom shelf of the fridge foe about six weeks. It took
> another 2 years after planting out in the garden  before they
> flowered though!
> 
> Ron Hill
> Suffolk, England.

Yes, mine have been wintering in the cold house, and are covered by a
dome.  They probably will be just fine.  It's just that I want immediate
gratification with seeds, like I get with cuttings.  I'm very time
oriented.  There is only so much time, you know.  And then you run out.
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