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Re: Romneya coulteri

Bob Beers (?spelling?) an employee of the University of Washington says that you 
can get Romneya to germinate with a brief exposure to gasoline.  Like dip the the 
seeds in gas for a brief time.  I have been wanting to conduct this experiment but my 
plant doesn't produce any seed.  Thompson and Morgan lists Romneya coulteri at 
$4.89 for 25 seeds.  Why bother?
--
Bob Dunning

At 08:18 PM 3/6/97 -0800, Phillip Stevens wrote:
>>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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