Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

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TABLE 2

Continued

Medium temperature (

C)

Plant

Posttransplant

Days to

Light or

Species

type

Germination

(night)

germinate

dark

Pretreatment

Remarks

(^12) 7–14
21–28 14–21 8–12 16–21 10–14
10
14–21 15–25 15–20
Thunbergia alata
Black-eyed Susan vineAcanthaceae
Thymus
spp.
ThymeLamaceae
Tiarella cordifolia
FoamflowerSaxifragaceae
Tithonia rotundifolia
Mexican sunflowerAsteraceae
Torenia fournieri
Wishbone flowerScrophularaceae
Tradescantia
spp.
Spider wortCommelinaceae
Tropaeolum majus
NasturtiumTropaealaceae
Ursinia anethoides
UrsiniaAsteraceae
Valeriana officinalis
ValerianValerianaceae
Venidium fastuosum
Monarch of the veldtAsteraceae
Verbascum chaixii
MulleinScrophulariaceae
A P P-W A A P A A P A P
21–24 15–17 10–15
22
21–24 15–22 18–21
20
15–20 21–24 18–23
(^16) 8–10 8–10
18–22 13–16
13 16 10
10–20 15–18
D or L
L L L
D or L D or L
L
Can be directly sown to
garden or container.
Reduce night temp. of
medium by 3
C for best
germination.
Difficult to transplant. Best
sown directly to garden orcontainer.