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Posted by pomme8916 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 11, 07 at 16:58
| I am really confused about restio flowers. Are the male and feamle both on the same plant or different plants. And I would like to grow qa restio from seed using the smoke mthod. anyone know how to germinate without the "smoke disk" and make homemade smoke. Do i need to burn something special or pine needles? or should i burn the dead plant part itself? And what is this fynbos material i keep reading about? what is it? is that what i need to burn?
thanks
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RE: Restio Questions Seed etc
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The flowers of the FEMALE PLANT are wind pollinated by the pollen of the flowers of the MALE PLANT.
Fynbos is a dense shrub. Some "smoke disks" are made with Fynbos smoke saturated water.
I just read about smoke treatment last night. The book I read covers the germination of many seeds. It did not list any specific leaves. Soy seeds in a tray. Cover with 2-4 inches of leaves, burn them, and water in the ashes. This will scarify the seed coat, and chemicals in the smoke aid in germination. |
RE: Restio Questions Seed etc
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| Why not just buy the discs? They grow pretty easily with these! |
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