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Andy_SthAus none (
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Sun, Jan 20, 13 at 4:47
Hi
Can anyone offer any specific advice on growing S. pachyphylla and S. mohavensis from seed? I've decided not to sit around and wait until they're commercially available in Oz.
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RE: propagation advice
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| Use GA-3 - try 375 PPM to start. Give good strong light, bottom heat at 78 F, make a very sharp draining mix in a shallow pan. Less than 12 hours of light will require supplement. These are not difficult if you give them exactly the right conditions. |
RE: propagation advice
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| Gibberellic acid is reported to work on seeds of the related S. sonomensis. Some time ago, I tried it with a lot of Salvias (and Phlomis as well) and found it worked very well. I had access to a culture shaker table that swirled the seeds in the GA-3 solution for an hour. This caused the gelatinous coat on the Salvia seeds to wash off and the gentle bumping together of the seeds helped the GA-3 to penetrate. I planted the seeds the next day and got terrific results. It improved the yield even on older seed, and gave just under 95% seedling germination yields of S. clevelandii and Phlomis species. |
RE: propagation advice
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| Thank you both for that. I forgot to ask in my original post, are these for autumn or spring sowing? |
RE: propagation advice
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| Spring. Trying for germination in falling light would not be easy - that is unless you have a very well controlled growing environment. |
RE: propagation advice
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| Thanks - all set to go now! |
RE: propagation advice
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| Rich, what concentration GA3 did you use? And do you know of a local source here in the Raleigh area or do you use a mail order source? |
RE: propagation advice
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| Ralph - try Carolina Biological in Burlington, NC or J L Hudson, Seedsman. The link is for the paper that I accessed for my experiments. I'm pretty sure I used 100 ppm |
Here is a link that might be useful: Gibberellic Acid Breaks Dormancy and Hastens Germination of Creeping Sage
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