Experiment

[Jack Lambert (RJL6)]

At 10:49 PM -0400 6/29/97, McClements, Jim wrote:
>>>>>>>> about whether seed (of arisaemas) keeps its viability better if it
>>>>>>>>is stored in the berry and/or refrigerated........last December I
>>>>>>>>took recently collected seeds of A. sikokianum and divided them
>>>>>>>>into four groups for 6 months storage, as follows.....no
>>>>>>>>significant difference in them.....species is a ready germinator,
>>>>>>>>and the results might be different for a period longer than six
>>>>>>>>months>>>>>

Interesting, Jim, and nicely done.   I, for one, would be interested in the
effect on one to two year old seed since frequently it is eighteen month (
seed that is offered in the catalogues and appears on the Exchanges.

You have seem to have the inquisitiveness of an Archimedes, care to try for
the patience of Job?   :>)

Nina
Ithaca, NY  Zone IVB   Hard frosts mid-September through early June.