Deno’s Garden

Opuntia tuna

Genus Opuntia

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 56 days to germinate.

12% germination in 56 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Opuntia p. 182Public domain
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Opuntia (Cactaceae). Seeds are in a fruit and were WC.for 7 d. 0. tuna germ 70D GA-3(5/40 in 8th w) and 70D(none), but the seedlings quickly rotted. Extensive experiments on
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Opuntia p. 182. 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.