Germinating now- - photos of seedlings

[Rick R.]

Lewisia rediviva

[fermi de Sousa]

Iris histrioides germinating from AGS Seedex seed sown in 2006!
cheers
fermi

[Rick R.]

16 years....
Shouldn't there be some kind of award for that kind of patience?

[Lesley Cox]

There should indeed! I was given some fresh seed of I. histrioides 'Major' early last year. I sowed immediately in the garden itself and had excellent germination an a couple of months. When I lifted the little bulbs to pot them on, they were a good centimetre in diameter and 1.5 tall. I think it was because with soil under them there were no restrictions on their growing room.

[Rick R.]

My most recent planting (and the only successful one) of Iris histriodes came up in the second season.  But they didn't grow nearly that much!   

Isn't it interesting, the little hook at the top of the first leaf....

[fermi de Sousa]

My most recent planting (and the only successful one) of Iris histriodes came up in the second season....
Isn't it interesting, the little hook at the top of the first leaf....

Rick,
I had to go back to the full sized image of mine to check if it had that little hook and it appears to be there!
Here's the first signs of germination on the pot of Bellevalia tabriziana sown in April last year, a kind gift from Ashley
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

This iris didn't take as long as the Iris histrioides 
Seed from Marcus Harvey in 2017 (per kind favour of Jacqui) of Iris wilmottiana sown in April 2017, 3 germinating this week!
cheers
fermi

[sippa]

Magnar,

I have a white glacidium,  I will send you seed if you like.  They are just about ready now.

Marianne Kuchel
Fairlee VT

[Roma]

No photos but but cutting off hellebore leaves today I found  newly germinated seedlings of hellebores (x hybrida) and Tulipa sprengeri.  I was a bit slow with the dead heading last year.  Crawling under Rosa 'Nevada' and Berberis 'Rose Glow' isn't much fun.  Then there's Chaenomeles 'Nicoline' which is really vicious.  She's covered in buds so I can't cut her back just now and I never seem to find the time later.

[ruweiss]

Quite early - Eranthis pinnatifida, sown in April 2019

[Tomte]

Rudi, yours are quite advanced. My latest batch just starts peeking out of the ground.
But I was amazed to see that most of my first sowing in 2017 produced a flower this year. The biggest one in the rear is the one plant I started with, unfortunately a little harassed by the Cyclamen coum which has monstrous leaves this year (it stayed in deep shade for a little too long in autumn).

[Gabriela]

Lewisia rediviva newly germinated. There are some pictures posted by Rick, but there is no mention of the date of sowing/treatment.

I found the seeds  germinating after 1 month of cold (above 0C) in the garage (had the intention to put the pot outside but not necessary anymore). After sowing them in January, I kept them in the house for + one week, like I usually do with all winter sowings.

[Rick R.]

The pics I posted are here:  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6490.msg406462#msg406462
They were all given 3 weeks of warm before being in the garage for a week, then placed outside in Minnesota mid February (0 to -20°C).  They sprouted in Apr-May in the 4°C range. 

As with just about any seed that is cold germinating, with my outside conditions I get the best germination in my outside pots when all the snow is gone (but frost has not left the ground), and then a new snow covers the pots for a few days to a week.  The colder your climate is, the more compressed is the spring.  I would imagine for the bulk of the readers here, this kind of condition practically happens all winter long.

As one might expect, rediviva seems to be quicker to respond to 4C than other Lewisia species.  If they get their cold treatment in my fridge set barely above freezing, I need to start checking them in one week, as most will have  begun sprouting within two weeks.

I think the longer warm pretreatment of 3 weeks gives them a faster jump start.

[Gabriela]

Thanks Rick.
I also prefer to keep the sowings outdoors and have them germinating in April/May in a 'normal' fashion. Unfortunately this years there was a lack of snow in Dec and Jan. too, only lately we got reliable snow cover. So I didn't get to put everything out.

Luckily that I sow warm germinating species indoors about this time, so they can get a jump in growth by May; I'll have the Lewisia under lights indoors. We'll see how that goes.

[CRSHEP0]

When our refrigerator broke down, we spent three weeks with ice chests deciding which one (go figure, my husband, John).  I saw one that had a full drawer that you could set to any type of cold temperature, C or F.  We got it that day! I am trying Lewisia C. alba and white, in a moist paper towel, and kept in plastic zip lock this year at 4C. My husband does check the temp reading, because of warantee.  I just checked, no germination, but, I will move outside and acclimate slowly. Cecile  Sorry, no photos, I can't understand how to upload pictures. I have an I phone 8s, anyone, can you help?
Oh yes, all of my crocus, and got great pots of Narcissius Moon  three different types, thank you Anne.