breaking dormancy in Amorph. seeds

From: "Alan Galloway" alan_galloway at ncsu.edu> on 2001.04.20 at 03:17:26(6217) Steve, Don, This is my third attempt at sending this message, after re-subscribing > > > The recent messages about breaking dormancy of Amorphophallus tubers > > prompted me > > to share some of my experiences with Amorphophallus seed..... > > > > In October of 1998 a friend collected (from a personal garden) seeds of A. > > kiusianus > > and mailed them to me. I promptly planted them in soil that I use for all +More > > seeds and have > > kept them warm and watered. About a week ago, every single seed > germinated > > at once. > > > > So this works out to 29 months of inactivity before germination. I wonder > > what happened > > in my absence last week to spur them to germinate! uuuuummmmm. > > > > Alan > > ------------------------------------ > > Alan Galloway > > Raleigh, North Carolina > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > >

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