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Old 17-11-2016, 11:58 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Pheasant Berry seeds

Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
I managed to grab a bunch of the berries from a Pheasant Berry bush in a
local wood, hoping to grow one. What ought I to do with them now? Can
the seeds, removed from the fruit, now be grown indoors? Or are they
the sort of thing that needs to spend a winter in the soil?


Well, I mashed the berries up a bit, and sort of prodded the mush into
some compost, and left it indoors. There seem to be lots of them
sprouting now, with the tiny seed cases still on the end of the stems.
The stems are very thin, so I'll have to hope that fungus doesn't kill
them all.

I've also done something similar outside, as a sort of backup :-)