Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:47:53 -0500 From: "Mellard, David" <dam7@cdc.gov> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3160$foo@default> Subject: RE: pitcher plant stratification and germination
>.......Tented pots with seed are placed outside
>in mid-winter and the moist soil is kept constantly damp by being placed in
>trenches, tubs, or whatever that maintains the water at 1/3 pot height.
This sounds like the method I use: 3 inch pots with mix and seeds on top,
placed outside for the winter under clear polycarbonate to protect the seed
from rain.
I can see one advantage, though, from using the 4 week, moist refrigeration
method. One could stratify the seed in fall, germinate seed in fall, and
get an extra 4 to 6 months of growth before the seedling go dormant in the
following fall. I remember someone (Carl?)a few years ago reporting growing
seedlings for 2 years before allowing them to go dormant.
David
Atlant
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