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Zaluzianskya capensis

Night Phlox

Family ScrophulariaceaeGenus Zaluzianskya

Also published as Nycterinia capensis. You are in the right place.

This source reports two treatments. Both 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. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

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

90% germination in 21 days.

90% at 70. Neither light nor GA-3 changed the rate or the percentage.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, ZaluzianskyaPublic domain
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Zaluzianskya. (Scrophulariaceae). Z. capensis germ. 70(90% in 3rd w) and 40(60% in 6-11 w). Light or GA-3 had no effect on the rate or percent germination.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Zaluzianskya. 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 Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around January 18, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C Light: either

    60%, over 6-11 weeks -- it germinates in the cold.

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 77 days to germinate.

60% germination in 42–77 days.

60% in the cold, and two months about it. Sow it warm.

This source doesn't state how long.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, ZaluzianskyaPublic domain
Show the original text
Zaluzianskya. (Scrophulariaceae). Z. capensis germ. 70(90% in 3rd w) and 40(60% in 6-11 w). Light or GA-3 had no effect on the rate or percent germination.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Zaluzianskya. 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.