Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Arisaemas

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• To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Arisaemas
• From: G* K* <g*@BLOOMNET.COM>
• Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 22:53:07 -0400

I collected some Jack-in-the pulpit seeds a year ago last fall.  I cleaned
the pulp off them and sowed them in a flat of pure compost. I left the flat
in an unheated greenhouse over winter.  Last apring I moved the flat
outside and waited and waited and nothing happened!  I didn't dump it
though I thought about it.  In July, the babies started sprouting!  I
surmised that maybe that is the time they do it in the wild too. Anyone
else with this experience?

Gail K

>Diana,
>
>For what it is worth, the classic monograph on propagating American native
plants (I've forgotten the author and the book is at home), says that the
easiest way to germinate Jack-in-the-Pulpit seeds is to wash off the
orange-red flesh in the fall and then sow them under a thin covering of
soil and just let them do their thing in a regular shaded garden bed.  I
did this only this November, so I have no first-hand experience to report.
I just thought I'd share the recommendation.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve

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