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Allium
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Propagation
Notes
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| Species | Allium tricoccum |
| Family | Liliaceae |
| Common name(s) | Wild leek |
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Jane Villa-Lobos @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database |
| Maturation sign(s) | seeds turn blue/black |
| Collection dates | November - December |
| Seed cleaning | none required |
| Storage | dry |
| Germination method(s) | high germination following spring from seed collected in fall, stored cold, dry and planted in woods in May; excellent field survival to year 2 (Mottl 2004) |
| Restoration potential | high by seed |
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Published data |
will germinate within 4 weeks, or after multiple cycles of warm and cold stratification, needs a period of warm stratification followed by cold (Cullina 2000) |
| Last updated: | 4/28/04 |
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