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Definitive guide to rose seed germination protocol?
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Posted by tkopari Z4 MN (My Page) on Thu, Mar 5, 09 at 16:34
| I got a suggestion from a member to look at the RHA website. Does anyone else have any suggestions as to where I can find THE definitive guide to rose seed germination protocol?
Thanks!
Tony
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RE: Definitive guide to rose seed germination protocol?
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| While the essentials of the process are pretty much universal, there are as many variations on procedure as there are practitioners! I don't think my approach is by any means "definitive" but I think it does cover the basics quite well. Take a look. |
RE: Definitive guide to rose seed germination protocol?
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| You have a wonderful website Paul, it has great information about breeding roses. Thanks for posting it! |
RE: Definitive guide to rose seed germination protocol?
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There is a lot of information if you do a google search Germinating rose seeds. I was amazed at the amount of information available.
Frank B |
RE: Definitive guide to rose seed germination protocol?
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| Thanks for the help everyone! Does anyone know how long rose seeds remain viable if stored dry and cool? |
RE: Definitive guide to rose seed germination protocol?
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| I beleive some members of RHA have had good luck germinating seeds that were up to 3 years old. One member was even able to get a few 20 year old seeds to germinate by removing the embryo from the seed coat. Not recommended unless you know what you're doing as you'll just end up with a bunch of squashed seeds, I know from experiance. It still may possible to germinate the seeds this year, though I wouldn't recommend it in our climate. It takes anywhere from 3 to 5 months for seeds to germinate. The earlier ones would be germinating in June and might have time to develop before fall. The later ones would be germinating in August and wouldn't have time to put out much growth or to harden off before it starts getting cold. Where did you get these seeds? Did you purchase them? Or did you collect them yourself? If you collected them, did you collect them last fall or just recently? Some people have had good luck germinating seeds that been frozen, but I always had the best results with fresh seeds. What kind of seeds are they? That can make a difference on how you treat them and how long they germinate. |
RE: Definitive guide to rose seed germination protocol?
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| Boy did I wait a long time to respond to your post ptgrose! Sorry about that! I made several crosses about 3 or 4 years ago and have had the seeds in ziplock bags in a cool, usually dry place. They were crosses between wild roses and English Roses and Buck Roses. |
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