Friday, March 25, 2022

Planting Stratified Wild Rose and Pyrocanthus Seeds. 3.25.22

These are rose seeds I collected by the roadside in December.  I cleaned the rose hips, washed the seeds, placed in wet newspaper and placed that into a zipper plastic bag, then refrigerated until now.  Today, I planted them 1/4 inch deep in seed starting medium, and put them on a warming mat.


The seeds have white tips.  I wondered if that is the start of a root emerging, but I think the seed coats just have a white tip.


I did the same with Pyrocanthus seeds that I collected this winter and treated the same way, except on wet paper towel.


I planted the Pyrocanthus seeds 1/4 inch deep in seed starting medium, and placed them on the seed warming mat, too.

I read that newspaper is better for stratifying seeds because it's less likely to become moldy, compared to paper towel.  Here they seem about the same.

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