Question about harvesting seed

Randall P. Linke randysgarden@gmail.com
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:41:55 PST
Not in water, but they are easy to make from leaf cuttings.

Randy

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:12 PM, The Silent Seed <santoury@aol.com> wrote:

> Are you saying that you cut off an Eucomis flower spike, put it in water,
> and it rooted ? Has anyone tried this with its leaves?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Withers <maxwithers@gmail.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 10:09 am
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Question about harvesting seed
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> last year I put a blooming Eucomis reichenbachii  inflorescence in a bud
> vase. It did not set seed, but it rooted.
> On Jan 5, 2012 12:04 PM, "Fred Biasella" <fbiasella@watertownsavings.com>
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> > Hello All,
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> > For the past 3 years or so I have been cutting off the scapes of Eucomis
> > after they flower but before the seed ripen and threw them on the
> > "composting" pile in the garden. Not only did they finish ripening but
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> > also sprouted the following spring, despite our rather brutal winter. So
> > you can add Eucomis to this list of harvesting seeds after the scape is
> > removed.
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> > Regards,
> > Fred Biasella
> > Cambridge (Boston) MA
> > USDA Zone 6b
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