RE: frittilaria seed

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• Subject: RE: frittilaria seed
• From: "* D* G* <D*@PSS.Boeing.com>
• Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 18:06:20 -0700
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Jack Elliott wrote an excellent arcticle on  Fritillarias form seed in
the  Growing Form Seed, Spring1988 Vol 2, Number 2 publication.  Ask
him, I think his address is jelliott@msn.com. He is on Alpine-l and
maybe some members may send this note his way.

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>From: 	horseyhay@protec.net
>Reply To: 	seeds-list@eskimo.com
>Sent: 	Tuesday, July 15, 1997 3:07 PM
>To: 	seeds-list@eskimo.com
>Subject: 	Re: frittilaria seed
>
>Thanks Magnar!! I will probably put mine in the fridge as snow is
>undependable here. 
>Linda
>PNW WA
>Zone7/8
>
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>> From: Magnar Aspaker <magnar@aspaker.no>
>> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>> Subject: Re: frittilaria seed
>> Date: Tuesday, July 15, 1997 2:55 PM
>> 
>> Linda;
>> 
>> I have propagated Fritillaria from seeds several times. I had F.
>> pallidiflora, F. meleagris, F. nigra, F. pyrenaica, and F. sachalinensis
>in
>> bloom this spring, all grown from seeds. My experience is that
>Fritillarias
>> need cold treatment to germinate. I sow them in the autumn and leave them
>> outside under snow cower over winter. Then they germinate next spring. If
>> you don't have snow the fridge may be useful. They don't grow fast and
>take
>> 3 to 4 years to bloom.
>> 
>> Happy growing.
>> 
>> Magnar
>> 
>> You wrote:
>> >Has anyone propagated Frittilaria from seed? I have some seed and would
>> >like to try it. Any tips? Is this even possible? Thanks for your help.
>> >Linda
>> >Zone 7/8 PNW WA
>> >horseyhay@protec.net
>> >
>> >
>>
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>> Magnar Aspaker                      E-mail:magnar@aspaker.no
>> Kila                                Homepage:aspaker.no/magnar
>> N-9438 Breivika                     Garden in North-Norway, 
>> Norway                              around 69 degrees north 
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