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Re: [Killietalk] Hybrids



In a message dated 1/23/05 11:01:35 PM, hillbillynursery at charter_net writes:

<< If you reduce 

the moisture enough can you get the eggs to last 3 years like they have to 

do in nature during the 20 year drought. How long has anyone kept the eggs 

and had good hatches? >>

Reducing the moisture too far doesn't prolong the dormant state, all it does 
is kill the eggs. However at the optimum moisture and temperature conditions I 
have heard of 3 year old eggs being hatched successfully. I have never 
experienced it with South American annuals.

Lee Harper
Media, PA USA

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