Two observations

[Craig Stubbs]

At 10:30 PM 8/31/99 EDT, you wrote:
>I'd be interested if anyone can confirm these two observations:
>
>
>2. I know that some others got seeds from T. Nakayama last spring, including
>two forms of A. ringens. Both of these are extremely robust growers, with
>almost 100% germination, huge leaflets (some at least 5 cm long) and (having
>just unpotted them for refrigeration) equally huge tubers for one-"year"
>seedlings, some almost 2 cm in diameter. These have had nothing unusual from
>me, just the usual detergent wash, germination in paper towels and growing on
>in wet turface under lights with small amounts of fertilizer in the water. Is
>there such a thing as an octoploid A. ringens?!
>
Jim
Although my results were not quite as dramatic for the T.
Nakayama forms of A. ringens, I did have near 100% germination as well. The
tubers well very large, and the leaf size matching that of your seedlings.
Tuber size may reached the 2cm. you mention, if I had allowed the seedlings
to go dormant naturally. I had to harvest the first "year" growth a little
early.
I will definitely try your "turface technique with at least a
portion of the seed received for the upcoming Seedx
Craig
"Always allow for the changes time will bring"