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Well, I'm certain the more experienced growers have more info., but
FWIW, I have found A. sikokianum to put up a single leaf their first
year, just like most of the others I've grown from seed.  Have also
found that the tiny tubers do not want to dry out...seems it's the
older tubers that are more subject to rot and I have managed to rot a
couple of them.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: snalice <snalice at CNMNETWORK.COM>
>
> Dear All and Anyone,
>
> I finally, actually, have Sikokianum seeds (sent from the AEG seed
> exchange....THANK YOU!) setting down a radical.  I fully expected
to rot
> them (not that I was 'trying'......well.... I am  trying, but I
wasn't
> trying to rot the seeds), and they're GROWING.  I'm wondering if
these
> will put up a leaf in their first season.  I could simply 'wait and
> see', but I'm afraid something will go haywire before I find out.
I
> soaked the seeds in water ( and believe me, they didn't take long
to
> swell up.  Less than a half hour.  Remembering all the talk about
> Sikokianum rotting so easily (and I've done it before), I began to
feel
> panicked about this and yanked them out of the water before they
rotted
> on the spot) before I put them in a mixture of peat and cat litter
(oil
> spill diatomaceous earth chunks containing 1% Silicon particles),
> practically on the top surface.  Eventually, I had to add a thin
top
> layer of peat for protection from drying out too much.  Once
> diatomaceous earth is dry, it begins to draw the moisture out of
> whatever is in it, so if you have fragile matter, be sure not to
let it
> dry out.........ever.  What can I expect from the seed of
Sikokianum in
> initial growth?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Susan Cox