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[Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>]

Ernest, I had previously only known of Sarah's experience, and she
said that she had not gotten good germination until seed had been
stratified. After reading your email, I did a little bit of furthur
research, and it seems that it doesn't need stratification. I'm
wondering if possibly fresh seeds germinate easily, while they may be
more difficult to germinate once dried.

I have heard of research done on seed viability of other species of
honeysuckle which are invasive around here, and their seeds typically
only live in the soil for a year or less, while other seeds such as of
common buckthorn can live up to 9 years in the soil. So perhaps the
seeds are short lived, or resent drying.

If anyone out there has haskaps or honeyberries, I would like to try
growing some fresh seed this year. Will pay shipping for a small
amount of berries! Most interested in someone who has as many
varieties as possible.

-matt

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com> 
wrote:
> Matt: What makes you think haskaps need stratification?  Look at
> www.homeorchardsociety.org/article/42/
>
> ---- 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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