Deno’s Garden

Acaena inermis

Genus Acaena

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  3. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

about 9 months from start to sowing. Then 42 days to germinate.

30% germination in 28–42 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Acaena p. 83Public domain
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Acaena (Rosaceae). There is much debris in the bur like seed capsules so that estimates of the number of seeds were not always possible. A. inermis germ. 70D-40-70D(30% in 4-6 w) GA-3 had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Acaena p. 83. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.