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[Chex <ricechex@rocketmail.com>]

Do you have a fool proof method of germinating
amelanchier seeds?  I collected some seeds last
summer and immediately put some in soil, no
sprouts.  I also put some in the refrigerator and
planted them in potting soil this spring, no
sprouts . . .  I read somewhere that they need
two winters plus some light sandpapering.  What
worked for you?

Chris 
zone 5, IL


> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:58:43 +0000
> From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Amelamchier
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
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> Please excused if I posted this Q in the past,
> but don't Amelanchiers do 
> better if they have the correct fungal
> associates on the roots?  And is that 
> one reason why pH is an issue-- the fungus/
> fungi need the correct pH?  I'd 
> like to dose my Amel.s w/ this, and see if it
> makes a difference (mine have 
> been very slow, and the seeds I germinated this
> year have also been slow.)
> 


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