Re: Tropaeolum tricolorum

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• From: D* M* <d*@post.its.mcw.edu>
• Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:21:34 -0600
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>>From: Vicki Morin Gallagher <thepoint@digisys.net>
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>>    I've also had trouble with Tropaelum seeds.   Sigh!
>>Best, Vicki
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>>Michael Goetz, Student, FB07 wrote:
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>>> This spring, I tried to raise the beautiful Tropaeolum tricolorum
>>> from seed; however, none of them germinated.
>>

FWIW:  In the most recent catalog, Thompson and Morgan puts in a special
disclaimer on their T.tricolorum seeds which says that even under
supposedly ideal conditions, they only have about a 20% germination rate
with the seeds and even sometimes the tubers will refuse to sprout.


Don Martinson
dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu

"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."

Jimmy Johnson - "Arlo & Janis"

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