Re: Paris fargesii was: Happy new year
- Subject: Re: Paris fargesii was: Happy new year
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 19:26:38 -0500
Thanks, Mark, best I get busy here and sow these guys!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: IntarsiaCo@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 1/7/2004 6:24:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mtalt@hort.net
> writes:
> I think - just need
> to sow it. So, this doesn't need stratification? Does it want
warm
> temps or moderate or cool?
>
> Hi Marge:
> No stratification is necessary, the seed quickly loses viability.
They do
> not produce a leaf the first year, only a radicle. I sow in
peatlite/sand, pots
> are under a bench in a frost free greenhouse. Others sow in
bottomless pots
> sunk into a very protected outside area. Either way, they are as
slow, if not
> slower, than Trillium; perhaps 6-7-8-9 years before flowering. They
will want
> "coolth". Much more info is available by searching the trillium-L
archives.
>
> Mark Mazer
> Intarsia Ltd.
> Gaylordsville, Connecticut 06755-0142
> USA
> www.therapyshapes.com
> USDA Zone 5
> Giant Schnauzer Rescue
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