Re: Anyone growing banksias from seed?

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• Subject: Re: Anyone growing banksias from seed?
• From: I*@plant.utas.edu.au (Ian Cummings)
• Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 13:52:08 +1000
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>>I've just taken posession of 5 Banksia Menseizii seeds. Anyone out there
>>with experience propogating
>>Banksias? What did you sow them in, did you feed them anything? What are
>>you growing them in
>>now? What about damping off?


We grow lots of Banksia species here to look at leaf morphology. Sow thinly
on a very well drained mix, lightly cover. We use bottom heat and take them
off the mist after germination to prevent damping off, and we haven't had
any trouble.  B. menseizii is quite a hard one, though. Pot them up in a
mix with low phosphorous fertiliser, that's important. I can give recipes
if you want, but we just use the standard stuff.
We get best results with fresh seed. Extract from the cones by applying
heat- either in an oven or fire. We dip cones in metho and set fire to
them- the cones open and the seed germinates really well after that.
Hope this helps.

Regards
Ian Cummings
Plant Science Dept
Uni of Tasmania

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