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Subject: Re: Out in the cold?
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George.  I certainly don't know, and I wonder if anyone else does either.
I've not seen results posted or written up anywhere.  I suspect it's the
individual variation  that is coded into each species which sometimes  co=me
from very different climates or conditions.
Personally-- I'd like to see more of these observations written up here.
hey may be anecdotal, but should not be disregarded   because if one thin=ks
about it,  many anecdotes begin to constitute something like a random
sample, at least hypothetically, without mathematical nit-picking  over
procedure.

Could you order your observations by species, by time in the fridge?
Temperature at 45=B0 F?   I'd like to see something like that.  There has=n't
been much cultural data of any sort shared here.     Then it could be
archived and used at a later date.  In this way, we build up a body of
knowledge.  Adam in Glenview, IL USDA 5a where its been more like Z6


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From: "George Forsythe" <geoforsy at AOL.COM>
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Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:00 AM
Subject: Out in the cold?


> Is there any rhyme or reason to timing of a cold (in the fridge) cycle =for
> arisaema seeds.  I have now put about 14 groups of seed through the fir=st
> germination and growth cycle and up to the dormant stage.  Results have
> been all over:
>
> - Some have been in fridge for over 6 months with no change.  I took a =few
> tubers out and after 3 weeks they have still not started growing.
>
> - A. sikokianum turned from round balls to teardrop shapes with green
> points and growth started in 3 weeks in fridge.
>
> - A. franchetianum began a second growth cycle with no cold treatment.
> One week after the eophyll browned off, as I was ready to unpot and put=in
> fridge, I noticed points coming up in the pot.  Two of them put out nic=e
> trifoliate leaves complete with cataphylls.  Leaves are now about a foo=t
> tall and 4 inches across.  This happened during August, so they definit=ely
> did not get chilled.
>
> Are these widely disparate results really what is to be expected?
>
> George
> Landenberg, PA
> USA
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