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Sterilising alder seeds with hydrogen peroxide
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Chris Hogg wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:54:09 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Jeff Layman" wrote in message ... On 20/10/2014 17:28, Bob Hobden wrote: I believe they use Hydrogen peroxide to wake up Protea seed, at least that is what I was told to do. There has been some success with it, but the best thing to use is smoke (as smoke water or paper discs which have been exposed to smoke, rested on the seed compost, and gently sprayed to allow the smoke to soak into the compost). -- Jeff that's enough, Jeff. If you want to be cruel I'm not allowing it. It's very unlikely that smoke germination would be appropriate for Alder, if that's what you think Jeff is suggesting. It's an evolutionary adaptation by plants exposed to wild-fires. Many South African and Australian plants respond well. It may be because young seedlings won't survive a wild-fire, but after fire has swept through, there's nothing left to burn, and seedlings can get established to the point at which they stand a chance of surviving the next fire. Chemicals in the smoke trigger the germinating process. I've used it myself on a number of occasions to encourage germination of South African proteaceae (as Jeff said) and SA heathers. Can't say how successful it was though, because I didn't do an unsmoked test alongside it. See http://tinyurl.com/kqzl5jd This idea of smoke to kill fungi, and maybe ME, is a nasty turn in this thread. But I workng with a partner in another project, to grow sequoia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_(genus) from seeds collected from the magnificent stand at Minsteracres retreat centre. But the seeds just won't grow. It seems that one of the tricks (still under investigation) is to used "smoked water" to simulate the after effects of a forest fire and the signal to the seeds that now is the time to germinate. And "smoked water" is available for sale! Michael Bell -- --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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Sterilising alder seeds with hydrogen peroxide
On 22/10/2014 05:46, Michael Bell wrote:
In message Chris Hogg wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:54:09 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Jeff Layman" wrote in message ... On 20/10/2014 17:28, Bob Hobden wrote: I believe they use Hydrogen peroxide to wake up Protea seed, at least that is what I was told to do. There has been some success with it, but the best thing to use is smoke (as smoke water or paper discs which have been exposed to smoke, rested on the seed compost, and gently sprayed to allow the smoke to soak into the compost). -- Jeff that's enough, Jeff. If you want to be cruel I'm not allowing it. It's very unlikely that smoke germination would be appropriate for Alder, if that's what you think Jeff is suggesting. It's an evolutionary adaptation by plants exposed to wild-fires. Many South African and Australian plants respond well. It may be because young seedlings won't survive a wild-fire, but after fire has swept through, there's nothing left to burn, and seedlings can get established to the point at which they stand a chance of surviving the next fire. Chemicals in the smoke trigger the germinating process. I've used it myself on a number of occasions to encourage germination of South African proteaceae (as Jeff said) and SA heathers. Can't say how successful it was though, because I didn't do an unsmoked test alongside it. See http://tinyurl.com/kqzl5jd This idea of smoke to kill fungi, and maybe ME, is a nasty turn in this thread. But I workng with a partner in another project, to grow sequoia I don't know how this thread became OT. I was just replying to Bob's message on waking up Protea seed. As Chris said, it can be used successfully for SA, and in my experience, Western Australian proteaceae seed. I doubt it would have any beneficial effect on alder seed, and might inhibit it from germinating. AFAIAA smoke had no effect on fungi. -- Jeff |
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Sterilising alder seeds with hydrogen peroxide
Michael Bell wrote:
It seems that one of the tricks (still under investigation) is to used "smoked water" to simulate the after effects of a forest fire and the signal to the seeds that now is the time to germinate. And "smoked water" is available for sale! I have a couple bottles in the pantry; it's called "liquid smoke" and used for flavoring if you don't have the means to smoke cook things (mostly, but not exclusively, large bits of pig)*. Hadn't thought of treating seeds with it! *I can't imagine that's exclusively an American thing. -- Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Sterilising alder seeds with hydrogen peroxide
"Gary Woods" wrote in message news Michael Bell wrote: It seems that one of the tricks (still under investigation) is to used "smoked water" to simulate the after effects of a forest fire and the signal to the seeds that now is the time to germinate. And "smoked water" is available for sale! I have a couple bottles in the pantry; it's called "liquid smoke" and used for flavoring if you don't have the means to smoke cook things (mostly, but not exclusively, large bits of pig)*. Hadn't thought of treating seeds with it! *I can't imagine that's exclusively an American thing. -- Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G No you can get it here for seed that needs smoke and I believe Bee keepers use a liquid smoke as well not sure if that is the same formulation though. -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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