Springtime
The "storm" was negligible here, but we got a nice accumulation of ~3.5 inches, which I figured out no thanks to the NWS, which has apparently abandoned its bay area weather stations. I also learned that we've had 400+ chill hours already this year, twice normal, which explains why my @#*! gas bill is so ridiculous, but not why the 'Double Delight' rose is still blooming when I should be doing its dormant pruning.
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Anyway, although html tables aren't the best place to keep track of my germination rates, I'm too lazy/stupid to use Excel, so you can stop reading now. Unless you too are a huge dork. All from Northwest Native Seed.
| sp. | AN | soak | strat. | germ. | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calochortus bruneaunis | NNS 05-121 | 1/6 | 1/7-2/5 | 2/3 | |||
| C. dunnii | NNS 04-65 | 1/6 | 1/7-2/16 | 2/15 | |||
| C. howellii | NNS 05-136 | 1/6 | 1/7-3/8 | y*** | |||
| C. invenustus | NNS 05-137 | 1/6 | 1/7-3/8 | y | |||
| C. simulans | NNS 05-155 | 1/6 | 1/7-1/27 | ~1/26 | |||
| C. striatus | NNS 05-157 (2) | 1/6 | 1/7-1/20 | ~1/18 | |||
| C. venustus | NNS 05-171 | 1/6 | 1/7-2/5 | 2/3 | |||
| Dicentra formosa ssp. oregana D* | NNS 07-159 | 1/6 | 1/7-3/8 | almost?! | 3/8: seed coat split and radicle visible, though not yet emerged | ||
| Dicentra formosa ssp. oregana W* | NNS 07-159 |
| n/a | [potted up 1/20 because of apparent mold on elaisosomes] | |||
| Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum** | NNS 06-120 | 1/7 | 1/8-3/8 | y | |||
| Dodecatheon poeticum** | NNS 07-169 | 1/7 | 1/8-3/8 | ? (too small) | |||
| Fritillaria biflora | NNS 05-345 (2) | 1/7 | 1/8-3/8? | 1 | |||
| F. eastwoodiae | NNS 07-250 | 1/7 | 1/8-3/8 | y | |||
| Ipomopsis aggregata var. aggregata | NNS 07-277 | 1/7 | 1/8-3/8 | y | |||
| Lilium rubescens x L. bolanderi | NNS 06-338 | 1/7 | 1/8- | n | |||
| Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus | NNS 03-405 | 1/7 | 1/8-1/17 | ~1/14 | |||
| Penstmon labrosus | NNS 05-548 | 1/7 | 1/8-2/5 | 2/3 |
** damp sand in ziplocs; too small for paper towel.
posted by Anonymous at 6:53 PM
6 Comments:
Hi
It was great to find this blog, I also am experimenting bulbous seeds, and sometimes I feel so alone in this walk. I hope, now I found you, we can learn and talk about our experiments.
I've sown South African and South America seeds, and also some seeds from Portugal and Spain. A big part of them have already germinated, other did not yet.
Kindly
Cris
Nice assortment you have going there...I like how you tried two different storage methods, too. I like to split up seed packs to try various germination methods and such...too bad I was too social/lazy in high school biolgy, I'd get that damn "A" now for sure!
Cris: I wish I read Portuguese better.
Lisa: Actually, it was Ron Ratko, the guy who sold me the seed, who stored it both moist and dry, to see which worked better. Dicentra is apparently very tough to germinate.
Hi Mmw, you can try with the translator. In the right top of my blog, you clic there and it translates to you. Of course it's a bad translation, but is something.
Tomorrow I'll sow Rodophialas and Lilium. And my Geissorhiza radians finaly decided to germinate, I'm so happy.
Cris
sweet seed data.
Kind/masochistic of you to read it! I post it here instead of keeping a journal mostly for myself, so I can figure out what I did.
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