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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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