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  • From: "Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] seed germination temperatures
  • Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:15:33 -0600

I have also found clove currants very easy to germinate. I have had extreme
difficulty with gooseberries. I tried 5 months cold stratification,
alternating warm and cool temps, etc., but only one seed germinated out of
about 100 so far. Anyone have any tips?

Hal
zn 6b TN


----- Original Message -----
From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:58 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] seed germination temperatures


> Last fall I planted trays of fruit seeds. Amelanchier (Timm, Success
> offspring or similar), pear (bartletts & OP crosses), black cherry, clove
> currant, and several apples. The area I stored them didn't get more than
a
> week of freezing, and went above 40 F only once thru winter. When I
> inspected them, the clove current was mostly an inch tall, and some of the
> apples were starting.
>
> I recall reading somewhere that Ribes are difficult to germinate. Maybe a
> cooler temperature is called for.





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