Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:26:24 +1000 From: iwilliams@dist.gov.au (Ian Williams) To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg298$foo@default> Subject: Pollination and germination of VFT seeds
It is wonderful to be able to respond to a question to which I know
the answer.
During our last southern Spring October, I allowed about 5 of my VFTs
to develop flowers. I was careful to cross fertilise the plants which
were from different sources. I thne allowed the flower pods to mature
and then after they had gone black, I obtained about 150 seeds (i
didnt count to find the precise number).
No stratification is required (see Ross Rowe's recent posting on this
issue).
I then sowed the seeds in my glass house onto peat moss contained in
brocholi boxes (polystyrene boxes) and germination was achieved
between 4-6 weeks later (I was away during the time the seeds came
up). I now have about 70 - 80 healthy VFT seedlings about 1 cm in
diameter. A few extra stragglers have also appeared steadily as well.
if you have specific varieties of VFT eg Royal red, I recommend you
obtain extra plants through leaf cuttings.
Ian Williams
Canberra, Australia
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