Deno’s Garden

Berberis heteropoda

Genus Berberis

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Clean the flesh off the seed

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  3. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  4. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

    1/8 germinated in this phase.

Steps after step 2 run on after germination.

about 3 months from start to sowing. Then 63 days to germinate.

25% germination in 49–63 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Berberis p. 107Public domain
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Berberis (Berberidaceae). B. sphaerocarpa was received as the dried fruit. After WC for..7 d, it germ. 70- 40(219 in 12th w)-70(419 in 2nd d) and less in 40(2/8 in 7-9 w)-70-40(1/8).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Berberis p. 107. 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.