Re: Re: Byblis germination...

John Taylor [Catweasel] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU)
Thu, 13 Oct 94 21:34:48 DST

>>You could experiment with acid-treatments (vinegar maybe?) or
>>fermentation with a banana or similar, to simulate the 'roo... If you
>>have hens, you could feed them the seed (don't laugh!, I heard this
>>worked for one particularly difficult native plant - although the seed
>>of the plant is targetted for bird dispersal not 'roos...).
>
>Love it!!!!

I make know promises about any of these... Still, anything's worth trying
once. (Your pet budgie/canary might be a little more convenient than a hen
- less to sift through (yuck!))

>Meanwhile, I'll keep trying the bushfires (no-one laugh when you read
>that a mystery fire destroys London).

So that's how the last one started... ;-)

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