Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Seedy Subjects! => Grow From Seed => Topic started by: robg on September 16, 2009, 11:27:29 AM
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I got a corm of this in the spring which has been grown indoors. As it's not in a conservatory and I live in Scotland I was happy that I got a flower at all , and even more that it has set to seed. If the pod does ripen fully and produces possibly viable seed, how should I sow it ?
Thanks
Rob
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Rob:
My experience is with Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana', grown as a potted plant---which had dozens of flowers each year and usually ripened it's seed regularly (with frosts in September in Ontario, Canada).
The seed is a warm germinator, survives dry storage well (even into it's second year in open; room conditions), longer if the dry seed is kept in the freezer in a paper bag.
So, you can save the seed, and have a long period in which to decide whether to sow it. And when you do, keep your sowing at warm (germination is normally within a month). Of course, it's a long process from seed to mature plants.
Hope this helps,
Kristl
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Thanks Kristl - I'm sure if I wanted I could just buy another corm, but it is the seed propagation challenge, isn't it !!
Rob