Seed longevity

[Jim McClements, Dover, DE z6]

In a message dated 2/16/06 12:00:30 PM, loneroc at MWT.NET writes:


> 
> Can anyone tell me the life expectancy of Arisaema seeds stored dry at roo=m 
> teperature?
> 
>   
> A few years back I took a bunch of A. sikokianum seeds and separated them 
into several categories re dry vs. damp storage, room temp vs, refrigerated.=I 
can't find what i wrote at the time, but my recollection is that those store=d 
dry at room tmp for 3 months germinated as well as the others.

Of course, that was only one species, which usually germinates   readily. I 
only wish that it would stay alive in the garden for more than a year or two=!

Jim



Jim McClements
50 S. Prestwick Ct.
Dover, Delaware 19904, USA
Zone 7a
302-734-2836
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