Posted by James
on 6/15/2008, 9:02 pm, in reply to "Re: florida coontie"
68.212.26.34
Tom:
Never mind, I think I found my answer elsewhere in this forum. Thanks for all your help.
--Previous Message--
: I just want to ask two more questions.
: When I get the seeds, do I remove
: the soft covering? How do I store
: them til spring?
:
: Thanks for all you do?
:
:
: --Previous Message--
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: I am new to cycads. Our road dept
: has
: recently planted what seems to me to
: be a huge collection of Florida
: Coonties. There are males and
: females there, lots of good sized
: cones. The female cones are hard
: and black right now. What signs can
: I watch for to let me know when they
: are about to break open so maybe I
: can get there in time to gather some
: seeds.
:
: The seeds will be ready by
: Christmas. If other people have the
: same idea as you do, they might want
: to pick them early and if you
: absolutely had to, you could cut the
: cones about mid November, but keep
: them intact until they fall apart on
: their own. The natural progession
: will be that you will see a lot of
: orange pushing out on the edges of
: the cones scales and then the cones
: will fall apart when it is good to
: take the seeds. The seeds should not
: be polanted then however, it is best
: to plant them in mid Spring for a
: combination of better germination
: rates and more uniform germination.
:
:
:
Message Thread:
« Back to thread