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Re: Pulsatilla

Pulsatilla are reported to be best sown fresh, but I've not had any trouble
germinating the dry stored seeds I've purchased. I've also been told to
de-tail the seeds and rub the hair off, but I don't bother with that either.
I sow them, give them 5 months of cold (fridge) and return them to warm
temps. I keep the pots moist, and every couple of weeks I run water through
them to leech away any inhibitors.  They germinate pretty easily that way. I
would not recommend sowing these in towels though as they do rot that way
easily. 

If I'm not in a hurry - which I'm usually not anymore - I sow them outdoors
and forget them until they germinate. When I first started growing plants
from seeds I was very impatient and uptight about getting things to
germinate as fast as possible. I'll never forget Bob Stewart of Arrowhead
Alpines laughing at me and telling me that would soon change. He was so
right. When you have a couple thousand different species starting from seed
you soon learn to relax about it. Nature will do the work for you if you let
her. I do more of this every year.

Grow well,
Amber


>Now that Pulsatilla have bloom and the seeds are ripe, what do we do in
>collecting the seeds and do we need to stratify them before we sow? 
>
>When is the correct time to sow?
>Do we break off the ends of the seed tail?
>-- 
>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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