Germinating now- - photos of seedlings

[Growild]

A few seedlings today ...

Asarum sieboldii 'Green Flowered Form'
Potentilla atrosanguinea ‘Chadwell’s Tibetan Velvet’

Asarum sown in March, Potentilla 2 weeks ago.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Worsleya procera - the flotation method.

[Robert]

No germinating seed, but rooted cuttings of Penstemon grinnellii aff. In general, Penstemon cuttings root extremely easily. What I am pleased about is getting a head start on seeing this species bloom - and then get a positive identification. I just planted seed from this accession a few days ago. Most likely the cuttings will flower a year ahead of the seedlings. But then maybe I will be able to return to Mono County when they are in bloom next year. 

[Robert]

A medley of Lupinus seedlings coming up: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii, L. grayii, L. argenteus var. heteranthus, and L. albifrons. Also Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus.

They were all seeded out on 7 October - One week and they are up. The little seedlings are very tough and will most likely need no protection from the cold this winter. I nicked all the Lupinus seed before planting. This gives me excellent results.

Having the Lotus seed germinate is a surprise. The seed is too tiny to nick, however they are coming up anyway. 

[Gabriela]

Germinating now – Trillium grandiflorum in moist storage. These are the most advanced, I am too happy about it because I am trying to keep the seeds available for sale as long as possible A large part of T. grandiflorum seeds germinate like this every year, I don’t know if it’s just good germination genes or the norm.

[Robert]

Chaenactis artemisiifolia is among my favorite California native annuals. Seed germination has been difficult for me. I generally only get a few seed to germinate out of 100's sown. This Southern California species is known to germinate well after fire. This year I am trying an experiment. One seed pan has no treatment at all. The second seed pan has been top dressed with fresh ash from burned dry grass and leaves. The last seed pan is sown with seed planted and then burned over with fire and then very carefully transfered to the seed pan using a spatula and then watered in.

Now I am hoping that one or all of these methods works out.

Any other suggestions?

[Lori S.]

I haven't used smoke treatment for any seed-starting but here's an article on various methods that might be useful:
http://depts.washington.edu/propplnt/2003guidelines/group1/Smoke%20Infusion.htm

[Robert]

Lori,

Thank you so much for the information. I read the article and there is some excellent information that may prove to be useful. Fortunately, I still have seed to work with and can give things a try using some of the other techniques.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Worsleya procera and Pamianthe peruviana.

[Gabriela]

Germinating - Paris quadrifolia: seeds placed in moist vermiculite right after collecting from the garden. Seeds collected in the wild two years ago, allowed to dry for a couple of weeks, have undergone warm/cold/warm and probably will need one more cold cycle to germinate.
 If someone is in love with Paris (the plant, that is  I can send a few of the 'less' germinated seeds in vermiculite, but ask fast.

[hud357]

Hans j...

Well I didn't like the way the H. harrisonii had started looking lately so I decided to re-pot them and drop them back into the 'incubator' ...



I've got bulbs!

[David Nicholson]

I know, at this stage there is no difference between them and all of these were from the AGS 14/15 Exchange and were sown on 16 October 2015. Quick?

Dianthus anatolicus
D. amurensis ex 'Siberian Blue'
D. andrzejowskianus

[Maggi Young]

Notice of a new Seed Information Database

The SRGC now has a member-contributed seed/plant information database.

If you have made a donation to the SRGC Seed Exchange, please take a moment to share information about the species you've donated. And whether or not you've donated seed, share information about any worthy garden plant you grow or have grown, no matter how it was propagated.

You can read about it and take part  here :
  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13727.0
   
The SRGC is grateful to Erik Fleischer in Canada for developing this system

[Lewis Potter]

Narccissus serotinus and Narccissus cantabricus subsp. monophyllus has germinated over the past week.

[David Nicholson]

Sown when please Lewis?