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I have managed to germinate some Desmodium seeds, the plant was in a
garden of a very keen gardener and I kept the flowers until they turned into proper seed cases and then left them on a window sill to eventually dry and then split open. Very strange seeds, they are in a seed case like a leguminous plant but when the seed case splits they look like the seeds of a dandelion! Anemophilis? What should I now do with them? Heat. Cold, moderate cold? Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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I was intrigued to find out what Desmodium looked like, so I did a search
and came up with this link that deals with the germination http://tomclothier.hort.net/page03.html Hope this helps Steph Power "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... I have managed to germinate some Desmodium seeds, the plant was in a garden of a very keen gardener and I kept the flowers until they turned into proper seed cases and then left them on a window sill to eventually dry and then split open. Very strange seeds, they are in a seed case like a leguminous plant but when the seed case splits they look like the seeds of a dandelion! Anemophilis? What should I now do with them? Heat. Cold, moderate cold? Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Janet Tweedy wrote: I have managed to germinate some Desmodium seeds, the plant was in a garden of a very keen gardener and I kept the flowers until they turned into proper seed cases and then left them on a window sill to eventually dry and then split open. Very strange seeds, they are in a seed case like a leguminous plant but when the seed case splits they look like the seeds of a dandelion! Anemophilis? What should I now do with them? Heat. Cold, moderate cold? Desmodium gyrans? I grew them a couple of times a long while back. I treated them just like any half hardy annual grown as a pot plant to keep on a windowsill. I don't know what their ideal conditions are, but they were happy being treated like that. I do know that they like a little more heat and light than we get in the UK, so a south facing windowsill or cold greenhouse is probably necessary. They don't mind temperature variations and moderate drought, but probably dislike waterlogging. Whether it was more luck than judgement, I leave to your judgement :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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From the Link provided by Steph :
"Desmodium illinoense , Slow germinator - up to a year or more. Store seeds in layers of moist sand in the shade. Check seeds regularly in the spring, and sow them all as soon as radicles appear " As a matter of interetst just what are Radicles ? Thanks Phil I was intrigued to find out what Desmodium looked like, so I did a search and came up with this link that deals with the germination http://tomclothier.hort.net/page03.html Hope this helps Steph Power "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... I have managed to germinate some Desmodium seeds, the plant was in a garden of a very keen gardener and I kept the flowers until they turned into proper seed cases and then left them on a window sill to eventually dry and then split open. Very strange seeds, they are in a seed case like a leguminous plant but when the seed case splits they look like the seeds of a dandelion! Anemophilis? What should I now do with them? Heat. Cold, moderate cold? |
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From the Link provided by Steph :
"Desmodium illinoense , Slow germinator - up to a year or more. Store seeds in layers of moist sand in the shade. Check seeds regularly in the spring, and sow them all as soon as radicles appear " As a matter of interetst just what are Radicles ? Thanks Phil I was intrigued to find out what Desmodium looked like, so I did a search and came up with this link that deals with the germination http://tomclothier.hort.net/page03.html Hope this helps Steph Power "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... I have managed to germinate some Desmodium seeds, the plant was in a garden of a very keen gardener and I kept the flowers until they turned into proper seed cases and then left them on a window sill to eventually dry and then split open. Very strange seeds, they are in a seed case like a leguminous plant but when the seed case splits they look like the seeds of a dandelion! Anemophilis? What should I now do with them? Heat. Cold, moderate cold? |
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In article , Steph writes I was intrigued to find out what Desmodium looked like, so I did a search and came up with this link that deals with the germination http://tomclothier.hort.net/page03.html Hope this helps Steph Power Oh ah well no not really as it says slow germination and these have come up within 10 days of sowing on a normal sowing compost! I KNOW they were the seeds as I left them fairly intact with all the fluffy bits together and so on and it's fresh compost. Now I'll have to wait and see if something else has sprouted!! Janet Thank you for helping though ............ -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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