Reticulatum seed

eez55 eez55@earthlink.net
Mon, 28 May 2018 15:29:13 PDT
I've found that the best way to germinate H. reticulatum is to put the dry seed on the surface of moist, unmilled sphagnum moss in a closed container.  The seed will gradually swell and become round (like a pea) and will start to produce a root about a month later.  At that point it can be moved to a pot.  Good luck!
Eugene ZielinskiPrescott Valley, ArizonaUSA



Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Shane Simonsen <shane.simonsen@icloud.com> Date: 5/28/18  1:51 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Reticulatum seed 
Thanks for that advice- I was leaning in that direction when I felt how thin the skin on the seed is.

Shane

> On 29 May 2018, at 4:23 am, Johannes-Ulrich Urban <johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello Shane,
> 
> For sure do NOT give them a hot water treatment! I remember a failure to germinate these seeds and Mauro Peixoto from Brazil Plants told me that they need a prophylactic treatment with fungicide. Mine had succumbed to mildew.
> Personally I would not germinate these in water (I do that with excellent results with the flat seeded species that float on the water ) but sow in something like sand, pumice, fine graded lava, perlite or vermiculite. And better not keep them in an enclosed humid condition which would encourage fungal infection.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Uli 
> 
> Von meinem iPad gesendet
> 
> _______________________________________________
> pbs mailing list
> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…

_______________________________________________
pbs mailing list
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
_______________________________________________
pbs mailing list
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…


More information about the pbs mailing list