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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:35:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
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And I cant get hard boiled eggs to hatch...
This thread has to be a wind up..........

LOL I did wonder


Has anybody asked Oliver Stone?

Now, now Martin, no sexism here.. why not ask Olive?

We've gone from trying to grow olive plants to martinis, boiled eggs
and windups, interesting. So I guess that nobody out there has managed
to get a treated, marinated olive stone to germinate, that's all I
wanted to know, thanks, Ewald Schroder

Nick Apostolakis wrote in message ...
On 25 Jun 2003, Mike Lyle wrote:

(Ewald Schroder) wrote in message . com...
Has anyone out there ever managed to get the stones from pickled
olives to sprout? Any tips would be welcome. Even if the success rate
is close to zero, surely one will sprout eventually if I were to plant
enough stones? Lets face it, there's nothing better than nurturing
your own plants from seed. I'm trying to get some pickled stones to
germinate at the moment in a sunny, warm outdoor location (no, not
britain, but north carolina USA, which gets 80-100F sunny summer days,
although with some humidity). I'm hoping that the pickling process
(which apparantly involves sodium hydroxide) only softens the seed
case without damaging the seed. Perhaps only the stones from fresh
olives are worth bothering with? Thanks in advance, Ewald Schroder
(ex-pat)

I think they heat-treat the olives for commercial sale. But one of the
British gardening gurus, Geoffrey Smith, says the stones from tinned
peaches will often germinate, so maybe olives will too: they certainly
seem tough enough!

Why not swipe a few fresh olives from established Californian trees?
But my book says they're typically propagated by grafts or layers,
"occasionally from seed", so it doesn't sound promising.

Mike.


well even if it grow it will will not be the same type of olive tree as its
father. do you want it for olives or for beauty?


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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:22:10 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:35:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"David Hill" wrote in message
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And I cant get hard boiled eggs to hatch...
This thread has to be a wind up..........

LOL I did wonder


Has anybody asked Oliver Stone?

Now, now Martin, no sexism here.. why not ask Olive?

Oil?

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martin

On 26 Jun 2003 10:02:48 -0700, (Ewald Schroder)
wrote:

We've gone from trying to grow olive plants to martinis, boiled eggs
and windups, interesting. So I guess that nobody out there has managed
to get a treated, marinated olive stone to germinate, that's all I
wanted to know, thanks, Ewald Schroder

You could try treated kidney stones or pickled onions next :-)
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:22:10 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:35:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"David Hill" wrote in message
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And I cant get hard boiled eggs to hatch...
This thread has to be a wind up..........

LOL I did wonder


Has anybody asked Oliver Stone?

Now, now Martin, no sexism here.. why not ask Olive?

Oil?

Is she knocking about still?

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:56:29 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:35:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"David Hill" wrote in message
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And I cant get hard boiled eggs to hatch...
This thread has to be a wind up..........

LOL I did wonder


Has anybody asked Oliver Stone?

Now, now Martin, no sexism here.. why not ask Olive?

Oil?

Is she knocking about still?

She was last seen flirting with Popeye.

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martin

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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:56:29 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:35:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"David Hill" wrote in
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And I cant get hard boiled eggs to hatch...
This thread has to be a wind up..........

LOL I did wonder


Has anybody asked Oliver Stone?

Now, now Martin, no sexism here.. why not ask Olive?

Oil?

Is she knocking about still?

She was last seen flirting with Popeye.

She is one fast woman!!

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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:35:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"David Hill" wrote in
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And I cant get hard boiled eggs to hatch...
This thread has to be a wind up..........

LOL I did wonder


Has anybody asked Oliver Stone?

Now, now Martin, no sexism here.. why not ask Olive?

Oil?

Is she knocking about still?

She was last seen flirting with Popeye.

She is one fast woman!!

She has been at it since 1936.

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martin

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"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:35:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
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"David Hill" wrote in
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And I cant get hard boiled eggs to hatch...
This thread has to be a wind up..........

LOL I did wonder


Has anybody asked Oliver Stone?

Now, now Martin, no sexism here.. why not ask Olive?

Oil?

Is she knocking about still?

She was last seen flirting with Popeye.

She is one fast woman!!

She has been at it since 1936.

NODNODNOD.. experienced woman

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"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:35:37 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"David Hill" wrote in
message
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And I cant get hard boiled eggs to hatch...
This thread has to be a wind up..........

LOL I did wonder


Has anybody asked Oliver Stone?

Now, now Martin, no sexism here.. why not ask Olive?

Oil?

Is she knocking about still?

She was last seen flirting with Popeye.

She is one fast woman!!

She has been at it since 1936.

NODNODNOD.. experienced woman


Everything you wanted to know about Olive Oil and were to embarrassed
to ask..

http://www.mtcnet.net/~bierly/olivereg.htm#OLIVE%20OYL'S%20CHOICE
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"martin" wrote in message Everything you wanted to
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to ask..

http://www.mtcnet.net/~bierly/olivereg.htm#OLIVE%20OYL'S%20CHOICE

LOL thank you..... i think