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Subject: Re: Arisaema dilatatum germination quandry
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At 02:43  26/01/05, you wrote:
>At  1/25/2005 09:35 PM, you wrote:
> From what I've seen seed will stay indefinitely in the moist paper towe=l
>>if they're viable.
>
>Not exactly. Even in 40F temperatures they'll sprout in a few months. So
>they won't keep indefinitely in moist paper towels.

Ray,

OK, you got me there. <grin>  I had meant that they would stay solid unti=l
they germinated .... I didn't mean that they'd last forever.  By
indefinitely I had meant that they did not have a specific time that they
would last and then rot, but rather they would stay solid for however lon=g
it took them to germinate.  Hadn't even thought of it being read as you
did, but fair comment as it could read like that.

Sorry for any lack of clarity.


Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia.  USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Trilliums, Cyclamen,
Crocus, Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just
about anything else that doesn't move!!!!!