Veltheimia bracteata from seed
Some years ago I took part in a discussion on germinating
Veltheimia seed in which the use of 'smoke water' or smoking the seed
trays was recommended. At that time I indicated that I was surprised
that there should be a need to carry out such measures as my seed was
germinating with 95% success rate. After some debate I concluded that my
success was due to the very fresh nature of the seed I was using.
Now that some years have passed and I have accumulated a store of
seed that is no longer fresh I decided to try some seed from 2004.
Germination has still been at least 90% successful. This note is simply
to add to the observation made back in what ever year it was (have no
record of the e-mail from then).
Regards
Don Journet
Bacchus Marsh
Victoria
Australia