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- Subject: Re: how do I germinate a welwitschia seed.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.134558.1@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au>
- From: ewartd@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au
- Date: 8 Jan 93 13:45:58 GMT
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- In article <gmacdoug.4.726243850@ace.acadiau.ca>, gmacdoug@ace.acadiau.ca (GLENN MACDOUGALL) writes:
- > Can anyone tell me how to germinate and eventually care for a welwitschia
- > seed/plant? I am not having much luck, and I only have two seeds left.
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- Easy!
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- Return to center of origin. Bury lightly in soil. Return after about
- 20 years and appreciate thevalue of organisms in their ecological context!
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- No idea really, but I'd bet you have to get the temp. and humidity just right
- and fairly constant.
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