My Bit of Heaven - by Kristl Walek

[Michael J Campbell]

Kristl, sad to hear about the  tragic passing of your dear mother, my sincerest sympathy on this sad occasion.

Michael

[ChrisB]

I am so sorry for your loss Kristl.  Such a tragedy.

[olegKon]

I'm sorry. So very sad

[johnw]

Kristl -   My deepest sympathy.

johnw

[Lvandelft]

Kristl, my sincerest sympathy !

[Lesley Cox]

Dear Kristl, I'm so very sorry that such a dreadful thing should happen, a shocking way to end a life and for you to remember such a thing. Immerse yourself in plants and your garden again, as soon as you can and the healing will begin.

[annew]

I'm thinking of you, Kristl.

[Brian Ellis]

May I join with the others with my deepest condolences after such a tragic accident, such a shock for your family but hopefully she was totally unaware of what happened, take heart that she will always be with you in the garden, wherever you are.

[Casalima]

Kristl, my heartfelt sympathy. Judging by how special you are, she must have been a very special woman.

[dominique]

Kristl
No word for such a sad end but all the hearts in this forum are associated to tell you courage and we think at you. We have only one mother and only those have lost her know how difficult to survive is after, thinking of her every day, every hour and it is why they are never out because always in us with all the best they have given us during their life. All of her stay in our heart for ever. Your mother was a great lady who helped you to make what you are. All my sympathy

[WimB]

Kristl, my sincerest sympathy to you and your family.

[Kristl Walek]

Thank you so much for all your kind and comforting words and thoughts.
I have returned from a (very, very) difficult and disturbing few days in Michigan - with 15cm of snow expected here tonight. Rather apropo to how I am feeling.

The personal difficulty surrounding my mothers death was accentuated by extensive meadia (tv and newspaper) coverage of the tragic details of her death and a law suit now seems inevitable.

[Roberto Gamoletti]

Kristl
I have read only today about your mother's tragic passing away.
My sincerest sympathy to  you.

Roberto

[Magnar]

Kristl. I too read about this today ,and want to express my deepest sympathy to you

[Kristl Walek]

I am not sure if I have already shown you the life cycle of Asarum
canadense, with a particular emphasis on the germination pattern of the species.

The pattern is thus: a long period of warm temperatures for subsequent emergence of the radical (root) in autumn and a period of cold for the emergence of the epicotyl (shoots) in spring.

Seed is normally collected here in mid-June.
After cleaning, the seed should either be moist-packed and kept at warm, or sown immediately outdoors.
Without this long period of warm, the radicle will *not* emerge in the fall.
Furthermore, the seed will be dead if not dealt with promptly.

My picture below shows fairly massive germination of the seed that has been kept moist packed in vermiculite inside a ziplock bag since collection. This root emergence occurs in October (approximately 4 months of warm treatment). The above-ground cotyledons will emerge in spring.

A few other native species that exhibit this identical germination pattern are:
Actaea pachypoda
Allium tricoccum
Cimicifuga racemosa and rubifolia
Hepatica acutiloba
Hydrophyllum virginianum
Lilium canadense
Sanguinaria canadensis