Daphne mezereum germination

[Kristl Walek]

Hi All,
It does mystify me to discover that my moist packed Daphne mezereum (collected and moist packed July 10th, has germinated in it's zip-lock bag today). In the 15 years I have carried Daphne, they have always been treated identically (moist packed immediately after collection and washing)---then normally cold required for radicle emergence.

Norm Deno does note that treatment of D. mezereum with GA-3 will produce some low percentage of germination at warm. However, no GA-3 in my batch (unless there was some unknown-source GA-3 fungal action in the bag).

Has anyone else ever had this experience?

Kristl
Gardens North

[Linda_Foulis]

Arghh, I wish I had read this a month ago.  I just checked the seed you sent me and indeed there are roots making their way within the zip lock bag.  I had best deal with this today.

[Kristl Walek]

Linda,
I was wondering who I sent some of the seed to before it all germinated at my end....

If you can save them (I potted mine up straight from the zip-lock bag where they were moist-packed) you have saved yourself 8 months....

Kristl

[Linda_Foulis]

It shouldn't be a problem with them surviving I wouldn't think.  There is no rot just healthy looking seeds rooting.   

[Kristl Walek]

An update on the Daphne---as if I needed more of this species in the garden---but nevertheless, all the premature sprouters were potted and have continued to make good to great progress under lights. They are in fact, still sprouting after many months at warm. There are many flats now with plants at various stages, some many inches tall, some still stuck at the "intact-seed" phase.

Kristl