| Hi Jim, Any chance that I could get a half-dozen or so seeds of igde from you for planting? Years ago I got some from the USDA but they never germinated. In my book about uncommon fruits, I wrote that the seeds did not germinate readily, often waiting until the second season unless they were nicked, soaked in acid, kept warm and moist for a few weeks, cracked out of their seed coats, or washed for 6 days to leach out inhibitors. Sounds like you found none of this to be true. (Maybe I read my own book too closely about how hard the seeds are to germinate!) If your seedlings are growing well, you're probably home free. Whenever I've put in plants of King Red, they've always collapsed before the end of their first season, something Hector Black, in Tennessee, also noted. Lee Lee Reich, PhD Books by Lee Reich: A Northeast Gardener's Year The Pruning Book Weedless Gardening Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden Landscaping with Fruit On Oct 30, 2009, at 1:44 PM, <jelie@new.rr.com> <jelie@new.rr.com> wrote:
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