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Title: What is the best way to germinate paeonia mascula seeds?
Post by: Ali A.Taleb on May 03, 2022, 07:11:06 PM: Please, I would like to ask if anyone has information on the best way to germinate Paeonia mascula seeds?

Ali Taleb
Aliadnan.taleb123@gmail.com
Title: Re: What is the best way to germinate paeonia mascula seeds?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 03, 2022, 08:48:17 PM: See these previous Forum posts - I believe you will find them useful :

https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16919.0

https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1828.0

https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6490.msg417551#msg417551

Advice stated before by Gabriela ....

http://botanicallyinclined.org/paeonia-brownii-germination/?fbclid=IwAR28_pAKOt2FWbAkrlCW_lWudS9y1js7vMIm4IIhvIeMZUJURnBkNYDaApY
Title: Re: What is the best way to germinate paeonia mascula seeds?
Post by: MarcR on May 05, 2022, 10:20:37 AM: Quote from: Ali A.Taleb on May 03, 2022, 07:11:06 PM
Please, I would like to ask if anyone has information on the best way to germinate Paeonia mascula seeds?

Ali Taleb
Aliadnan.taleb123@gmail.com
70F [20C] until radical forms then move to 40F [4C] for 90 days then return to 70F [20C] until leaf forms.
Title: Re: What is the best way to germinate paeonia mascula seeds?
Post by: Vinny 123 on May 05, 2022, 10:27:56 AM: I have sown LOTS of various Paeonia seeds (mostly "tree" species and cultivars), and had not realised that they are anything but very easy.

I just sowed under gravel and left outdoors. You will not see anything above ground until the second spring.
Title: Re: What is the best way to germinate paeonia mascula seeds?
Post by: MarcR on May 05, 2022, 06:03:55 PM: Vinney123,

Your method accomplishes essentially the same thing as what I suggested; but the indoor method, I suggested is somewhat quicker.
Title: Re: What is the best way to germinate paeonia mascula seeds?
Post by: Vinny 123 on May 05, 2022, 06:32:48 PM: Quote from: MarcR on May 05, 2022, 06:03:55 PM
Your method accomplishes essentially the same thing as what I suggested; but the indoor method, I suggested is somewhat quicker.

Very true. You gain several months to a year of growth, depending on when you sow and manipulate temperature.

I just read the original question as being from someone struggling when most seeds here have produced high percentages of seedlings.
It is a "weird" strategy though - root this year, leaf next.

Maybe worth a mention - true seed is uncommon on many plants and I have had batches of what appear to be good seed from society seed distributions (not just SRGC), that totally fail to germinate. For anyone not familiar with viable true seed, it is generally large - 8mm and more across, usually black and shiny, and very hard.