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Posted by busylizzy z5 PA (My Page) on

Thu, May 17, 07 at 10:05

I decided to try dahlias this year. Bought Burpee Victoranina, then a Gwebber was nice enough to send me a variety of other Dahlia seeds. The commercial mix was 90 percent germination in the community seedling tray. I sowed the trade seeds in the same tray and got 0 germination.
Am I assuming incorrectly that all dahlias germinate at the same temps and conditions?

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Posted by ornata London UK (8/9?) (My Page) on
Tue, May 22, 07 at 11:02

For some reason, not all dahlias produce viable seed. I've saved seed from different varieties, had excellent germination from some batches and absolutely nothing from others. I've also had really lousy germination from commercially bought seeds (0-5%).

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Posted by john3 6b NC (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 2, 07 at 14:40

My recent experience with Ferry-Morse's Unwin dwarf seed: of 72 seeds sown, fifty have germinated. Still have more in the packet for further seeding. The first four seeds showed germinating roots in thirty-five hours! They were sown three per peat pellet; situated near a southerly facing door. Temps have been optimum, I reckon. Purchased the packet at Lowe's this spring.

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