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Re: Ginseng

> From:          "Sonnie Croft" <newleaf@bright.net>
> To:            <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
> Subject:       Re: Ginseng
> Date:          Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:17:46 -0400
> Reply-to:      seeds-list@eskimo.com

Sonnie wrote:

> Stephen - Last fall I received a few Ginseng seeds to test for a
> large seed company.   The seeds were dry and hard and had been
> completely cleaned of any outer material.  I placed them in moist
> paper toweling and put them in the frige - not the freezer.  I
> checked them every so often, nothing happened till around March this
> year.  Four of the 6 seeds had begun to germinate and I planted them
> and grew them on out in the corner of the woods nearby.  They did
> very well - until I forgot to water them in hot summer and they
> died.  My fault.  Anyway, I think it's worth it for you to treat at
> least some of your seeds to the damp-towel-in-a- plastic-bag method.
>  Germination took less than 6 mos. that way.
> 
> Sonnie

Hi Sonnie:
    Vary intriguing.  Planting the dry, hard seed outside takes two 
years.  Maybe in this case any dry or possibly warm periods may
delay the germination time where in the refrigerator this will not 
happen (other theories welcome). Your 66.6% sounds very respectable. 
It never occurred to me to try ginseng seeds this way.  I plan on trying
as many different methods as I can.  Thank you.
     
Stephen
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