[pbs] storing SA Amaryllid seed
William Aley
aley_wd at mac.com
Wed Jul 1 16:36:58 EDT 2009
Justin The frige is a good idea but why replace the door? why not use
a low heat fluor grow lamp? The amount of cool you'd loose from
braking the seal would be minimal compared to the loss from plexiglas
Put the lamp on a timer place it on the top shelf, seedlings on the
shelf below. turn the fridge to a warm temp that's cool but not in the
30's. Should get you through summer and you'll still have a fridge to
store forcing bulbs for spring or even a cold one for super bowl.
Bill
On Jul 1, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Justin Smith wrote:
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> Hi Jim/all,
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> Yes I was referring to the fleshy kind. It has been over 100F here
> every day for almost 2 weeks. With no rain for even longer. I was
> afraid that if I tried to plant the fleshy seeds now that it would
> be so hot that they would really suffer. Last year I planted them on
> out and got very poor results. I just got some from the very nice
> ladies are Silverhill and they have already sprouted. The temps here
> don't start to moderate reliably until mid September.
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> I have been tempted to buy me a small fridge remove the door and
> replace with two layers of plexyglass. Place it where it would get
> bright light and fill it up with potted up seedlings. Though they
> would have to be packed tightly they would only have to survive a
> few months.
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> Any idea anyone, if that might work?
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> Justin
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> Woodville, TX 8b/9a
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>> If you are referring to the so-called "recalcitrant" amaryllis
>> seeds --
>> the fleshy sorts that are reluctant to go into stable dormancy (hence
>> "recalcitrant") -- I usually plant them immediately and then try to
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>> them growing continuously for 18 months to 2 years (under lights).
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>> experience, the new seedlings do not take well to a dormancy after
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>> short growing season.
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>> In an emergency you can store them in the fridge for 3 or 4 months.
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>> will mostly go ahead and germinate in the fridge anyway, so you
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>> careful when planting them that you don't break off the growing
>> shoot.
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>> Best regards,
>> Jim Shields
>> growing Crinum, Clivia, and Haemanthus in central Indiana
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