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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] PawPaw Seed Germination

I did some nursery work with pawpaw seed germination and the best germination never came until the greenhouse was a virtual sauna.  Seed planted then came up twice as fast as seed planted earlier when it was cooler.
-Lon Rombough
> From: "Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 11:12:11 -0400
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] PawPaw Seed Germination

> Lon
>   I have never run into this problem, But I do agree that don't think they 
> are going to be up for over a month or so.
>
> Gordon C. Nofs
> Flint, MI.
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> Pawpaw seed usually doesn't germinate until it gets quite warm, such as 80 F
> or above, and the soil has to be quite warm.  Your seed may not have gotten
> warm enough.  Try using a heat mat under the pot/flat.  You might even need
> to make a "sweat box" by putting the pots inside a wooden box with a piece
> of glass over the top of the box.    Once they germinate, they will grow at
> lower temps.  Your handling of the seed was fine, otherwise, as long as the
> seed didn't get dry.  Pawpaw seeds can die when they are dried.
>
> From: "Sammons, Isabella" <isammons@ofheo.gov>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:50:48 -0400
> To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [NAFEX] PawPaw Seed Germination
>
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> NAFEX Members --
>
> I have some fresh pawpaw seeds that I would like to germinate.  Last year I
> kept gathered some fresh seed, put them in moist peat moss in a plastic bag,
> kept them in the refrigerator over winter,and potted them in the spring.
> None germinated.
>
> Would appreciate it if someone had some ideas on how I should proceed this
> year.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Isabella Sammons
> Zone 7, Manassas, VA
>
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