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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

Germination facts  from A Canadian internet site.  I try to find it
again.

---- Original Message ----
From: mdemmon@gmail.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Haskap seed
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:42:13 -0400

>Ernest, I've heard that Haskap does need cold stratification to
>germinate. And from your experiment, it sounds like they are
>germinating well after cold treatment. What information are you using
>to draw the conclusion that they don't need cold to germinate? I've
>had many stone fruits germinate in the fridge while being cold
>stratified, and chestnut too, while they won't germinate without cold
>stratification. I've just taken this to mean that they don't need to
>be returned to a warm environment to germinate like many seeds, they
>just rely on the length of time at a cold temperature to tell them
>when to germinate. Interested in your thoughts, because my haskap
>that
>I stratified in the fridge are showing no signs of germination after
>several weeks of being potted up at 60 degrees.
>
>-matt
>z5 se MI
>
>On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Ernest Plutko
><ernestplutko@wiktel.com> wrote:
>> I obtained a variety of haskap seed last autumn.  I put then with
>> moistened peat in a sealed one quart jar.  Buried the jar in my
>> garden over winter.  Dug up the jar last week with the aid of warm
>> water to thaw dirt.  A few of the haskap seeds are germinating.
>> Turns out that haskap seed does not need cold treatment to
>germinate.
>> Just plant them when you get them.  I didn't do enough research.
>> I'll baby the sprouting seeds.  I usually have a black thumb when
>> starting seeds.
>>
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