Re: Romneya coulteri

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• Subject: Re: Romneya coulteri
• From: P* S* <p*@cats.ucsc.edu>
• Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 20:18:42 -0800 (PST)
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>Dear Phil,
>
>About the burning of pine needles for Romneya germination:
>We have heard about it, but haven't yet tried it.  Does this mean that the
>process of the fire will result in some kind of GA-3 compound that will
>spur on germination?  Norman Deno says that leaf mold can provide the
>appropriate chemicals/fungi to germinate the seed--and we're wondering if
>the same (or very alike) chemical is present in both approaches.
>
>About dividing Romneyas;
>Have you actually done this?  All of our catalogs go on endlessly about how
>they resent root disturbance.  On the other hand, we have read (not in a
>catalog), that they can be propagated via root cuttings, done when the
>plant is dormant.
>
>Bill & Harvey
>SKID   zone 6  CT  USA
>

I'm reading some old email messages and I realize I never responded to
yours.  Sorry about that.  Yes, I've divided Romneya, although to be exact,
what I did was dig up some suckers that were coming up a few feet from the
base of the parent plant, put 'em in gallon cans, and replanted them later.
Didn't seem to be any problem for the plant.  What's your experience with
this been?

Phil

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