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Lindalana are you sure it's sauromatum venosum aka typhonium venosaum with the distintive leaf shape? That one is supposed to make a bulbil like seed.
Do the seeds look like a cluster of long dark tic-tacs?
If so that sounds like my A. muelleri seeds. I just tossed them in the dirt in may-June ( when I got them) and 3 sprouted. The seeds were well attached, not falling off the cluster, so that does not indicate ripenesss.
Karen also zone 5

Karen
oh boy, a. muelleri sure is pretty one, loved it. Yeah, I am positive in identification and seed heads resolved its own problem- they slowly started disconnecting from each other so they fall apart. Am proud owner of bunch of seeds now ;)
They are easy warm germinators although not hardy to our zone, still loved the weird look of flowers and foliage is pretty.

Shasta.... Takes 16 weeks from germination to be large enough to set out green. Takes a cold period to flower.
As to the other question I could give a list of over 1000 plants (vegies, trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials to sow now in your area. Please be more specific as to what type of plants you wish to grow.


You can always trust Dr. Goheens advice...he has wide knowledge of rhododendrons.
But, by 2 yrs TLC he does not mean indoors...rhododendrons will suffer with your low indoor humidity. A cold frame, unheated greenhouse, lath house or shady cool area outdoors will be much better for your seedlings. Do not let the potting medium become overly dry.
Here is a link that might be useful: Transplanting seedlings, Goheen

I couldn't tell you which seeds are what but "laitues blondes et à couper" literally translates to "blond lettuces and to cut". I used Babblefish for translation
Karyn
Here is a link that might be useful: Babblefish


I had great results with "Gold" kiwi seeds. They were from a grocery store fruit. I used a seed mat and surface sowed the seeds on moist soil then covered the pots until germination. I kept the soil moist but not wet and transplanted the seedlings into individual containers when they had a few sets of leaves. They were kept under metal halide grow lights. This was done during the winter and I kept the seedlings on the mat until it was warm enough for them to go outside since the Gold isn't a hardy kiwi. I started giving them a very dilute all purpose fertilizer when they were about 10 weeks old. I lost a few but not many. I've just bumped up the container size as necessary. They are all in gal pots now and are in the greenhouse. They really need bigger pots but I'll wait until spring. I have no idea how you can tell male from female plants or if these just need to be crossed with another variety to produce fruit. These look nothing like my hardy kiwi varieties.
Karyn




Well it's been a couple weeks since I posted last on this list for anyone who is reading, that the following seeds have emerged and rooted already:
Rockey Mountain Penstemon
Firecracker Red Penstemon
Siberian Wallflower
Foxglove Strawberry Summer King
Adenephora Lady Bells
Chocolate Flower
Peony Poppy
Probably not favorites, but because of the vast variety of flowers I have around the yard, I like a little bit of everything. Hopes this helps anyone who has considered planting seed even as late as Octoberin Zone 5

Can anyone share what is your experience working with GA-3. I just ordered some from JLHudson and hoping to work with some aquilegias, aconitums, astrantia, gentiana dahurica and cruciata, primula, glaucidum palmatum, clematis, possibly aster, anemones. I have Deno's book and read it several times but he is not mentioning usage of GA-3 on many seeds I am interested. What is the danger of using it? When do I know this seed should not be treated with GA for sure?
Also I would like to know if anyone was experimenting with soaking seeds in hydrogen peroxide, %, results, type of seed ?
I have been sucessfully growing many seeds, but some stumbled me or were inconsistent in germination.
I just started a batch of heuchera seeds and tiarella. Since they are small I treated them with 3% hydrogen peroxide for 5 minuts prior planting on top of medium in closed plastic bag. I haven't been able to find any results of using HP on seeds.

Apart from other advice on this subject already recently posted on this particular forum, this link looks fairly competent...
Here is a link that might be useful: Sprouting an Avocado Seed - Richard Jauron, Department of Horticulture


Your first problem is the size of the can the plant/any plant will become root bound before the can rusts enough to allow the roots to escape. In the good old days we used a #10 Can to plant many shrubs, perennials, vines or trees in..... but before planting we had to cut the side of the can & remove the root ball, Also had to cut holes (before planting in the can) in the side of the can near the bottom for drainage.
I was using cans for growing tomatoes seedlings. Just cut off top and bottom completely. When time to transplant just pop soil with roots up and plant.
Another idea: go to garden junk forum, they are doing garden sculptures from cans.