permaculture

[georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at>]

Hello!

I once owned a book (actually more like a university scriptum), from a  
retired professor, I think it was from an university somewhere in  
Texas, but not sure on that, who did extensive studies on the  
germination requirements of hundreds and hundreds of plants. Wild  
plants mostly, for it is them who still have their weird germination  
patterns - like "3 weeks cold followed by 6 weeks warm followed by  
another 3 weeks cold will result in 40% germination at 21°C" etc.  
Usually such patterns will result in several years in the ground  
before germination, but thanks to refrigerators and the knowledge of  
the patterns we can get even plants with complicated patterns to  
sprout after 1 winter. And if I remember correctly, the name of the  
man was "Leno", but not sure on that one either.

Does this ring a bell with anyone? I am grateful for all hints leading  
towards me attaining a copy of this treasure - preferrably online.

Georg