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[George R. Stilwell, Jr.]

Martin,

Once the pulp is mostly removed, wash the seeds in a dilute solution of
Joy or equivalent detergent and then rinse in clear water.
I use a tea caddy to do this. It makes the job very easy.
Put the seeds in the caddy and slosh it about
in a glass of detergent followed by a wash under the faucet.

Spread out on paper towels and let dry overnight.
The seeds will be squeaky clean and won't
get infected if you don't handle them. I put them in small ziplock
bags for safekeeping.

Ray

At 06:21 PM 9/1/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Ray
>Thanks for info re-triphylum, I will check the other 'berries' later.
>I have a Arisaema intermedium which looks very promising with regard to
>seed, very swollen but still green.
>I hope to send some of these seeds for distribution Seedex-2005. Having
>extracted from fruit do you want me to treat seeds in any way before sending
>to Eric eg soap wash to remove germination inhibitor?
>
>Martin
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "George R. Stilwell, Jr." <GRSJr at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:36 PM
>Subject: Re: New member
>
>
> > Martin,
> >
> > Not likely due to rain damage. Many Arisaema will set some empty berries
> > so don't worry about it. You can even cut the whole seedhead off and hang
> > it in the garage and they'll still ripen just fine. Or you can let them
>lay
> > on the ground and they'll do the same. You should have viable seeds this
> > coming month.
> >
> > Ray