Re: giving up on seeds

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• Subject: Re: giving up on seeds
• From: S* A* <a*@colby.ixks.com>
• Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:25:56 +0000
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Stratification is cold treatment for seed.  It mimicks the kind of situation it
would receive in natural growing conditions during a winter.  Sometime a double
stratification period is necessary to break dormancy of seeds.  We tend to have a
lot of cold weather followed by warm periods then cold again here in northwest
kansas.  In fact we had a hard freeze just a few weeks ago.



Adrienne LaCour wrote:

> Hi-Please explain what you mean by "stratification?-thanks, Adrienne zone 9a



> >Susan Augustyn wrote:

> >I placed my blue vervain in a baggy with a good medium, and stratified it in
> >the fridge for two months, then brought it out in the cool warmth for a few
> >weeks, then back in the fridge.  Finally I placed it on a heating mat, around
> >80 degrees.
> >
> >My aconite was stratified also, but I haven't had a real strong germination.
> >

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