Mendel’s Gardens

Kunzea ericifolia

Family MyrtaceaeGenus Kunzea

Also published as Kunzea vestita. You are in the right place.

This source reports 5 treatments. All are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.

72% germination in 7–21 days.

GA-3 substitutes for light, and slightly beats it.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, KunzeaPublic domain
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Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Starting at 70 was better than starting at 40. The result that K. vestita required GA-3 or light while K. Baxteri did not requires checking. K. vestita germ. 70L(66% in 1-3 w), 70D GA-3(72% in 1-3 w), 70D(none), 40(10% in 7--12 w), and 12% in October from seed placed outdoors in late Sept.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Kunzea. 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.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow on the surface — do not cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.

66% germination in 7–21 days.

This one does need light -- in the dark without GA-3 it gives nothing.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, KunzeaPublic domain
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Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Starting at 70 was better than starting at 40. The result that K. vestita required GA-3 or light while K. Baxteri did not requires checking. K. vestita germ. 70L(66% in 1-3 w), 70D GA-3(72% in 1-3 w), 70D(none), 40(10% in 7--12 w), and 12% in October from seed placed outdoors in late Sept.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Kunzea. 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.

Protocol 3

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Sow around September 2027 — a date the source gives, not one counted back from a May 3 last frost. Too late for spring 2027 — that needed starting on September 2026.

  1. Sow outdoors and leave it

    Put out in late September; up in October.

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

12% germination.

A quarter of what K. baxteri gives from the same September sowing.

This source doesn't state how long.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, KunzeaPublic domain
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Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Starting at 70 was better than starting at 40. The result that K. vestita required GA-3 or light while K. Baxteri did not requires checking. K. vestita germ. 70L(66% in 1-3 w), 70D GA-3(72% in 1-3 w), 70D(none), 40(10% in 7--12 w), and 12% in October from seed placed outdoors in late Sept.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Kunzea. 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.

Protocol 4

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around January 11, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 84 days to germinate.

10% germination in 49–84 days.

Deno's genus note: starting at 70 beat starting at 40, and here it is.

This source doesn't state how long.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, KunzeaPublic domain
Show the original text
Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Starting at 70 was better than starting at 40. The result that K. vestita required GA-3 or light while K. Baxteri did not requires checking. K. vestita germ. 70L(66% in 1-3 w), 70D GA-3(72% in 1-3 w), 70D(none), 40(10% in 7--12 w), and 12% in October from seed placed outdoors in late Sept.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Kunzea. 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.

Protocol 5

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

Dark and no GA-3 is the one combination that fails outright.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, KunzeaPublic domain
Show the original text
Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Starting at 70 was better than starting at 40. The result that K. vestita required GA-3 or light while K. Baxteri did not requires checking. K. vestita germ. 70L(66% in 1-3 w), 70D GA-3(72% in 1-3 w), 70D(none), 40(10% in 7--12 w), and 12% in October from seed placed outdoors in late Sept.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Kunzea. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; the step names come from a fixed list.