Looks like you have your work cut out for you. I have seen that with cactus seeds the person soaks the seeds with a couple of drops of dish soap before cleaning.

today i decided to do the spotty dotty seed pods
and as i was looking them over i see an exotic cross that survived, most didn't
it is SDiS Spotty Dotty x Imperial Sunrise
but it only has one viable seed so crossing my fingers



as i got that seed i realize the SD seed are so much easier then Kaleidoscope because they don't have the
slimy sticky fleshy stuff, they are almost dry
so i gathered all the SDs and the small ones only had 1 seed ea some 2 and the largest had 4
so not that many SDK seed



and here they are put to bed to become little SDKs



still have over 20 Kaleidoscope to do

well i got the rest of the Kaleidoscope seed
squeezed them out of the pods and washed them in the strainer
then laid them out on paper to dry the Mucilage which is what the slimy sticky coating is called
i googled removing Mucilage and one of the methods was to dry them and the Mucilage would be easier to remove
the professionals use diluted acids which i do not want to go near
here are the seed which i haven't decided exactly what i am going to with them all
i already have over a hundred in rockwool & guessing there are more then 200+ here

What about a very weak solution of oxalic acid

i don't have any oxalic

Dick have you ever tried direct sowing them in your garden to see if they germinate?

Just used the Savorgan wood bleach, crystals that you dilute in water

no Bob i have never before today
what will i do if all 200+ come up ?

NJBob said:Dick have you ever tried direct sowing them in your garden to see if they germinate?

Sorry RJ
i decided they were dried out enuff to let mother nature play with them :)

crawgarden said: Just used the Savorgan wood bleach, crystals that you dilute in water

I am going to guess these seeds need no stratification since you normally plant them right away in your greenhouse.

i have not read anywhere it is needed
and you correct in my greenhouse straight into the rockwool
but they do take their time (90 days)

i went back to the beginning of my Podophyllum threads to see what month the seed starting sprouting
and i didn't post til Jan but they look fairly new

Strever said:the seed are starting to come up
and the Spotty Dotty pollinated with Kaleidoscope henceforth called (SDK) are coming up first

• Mayapple (Dysosma 'Spotty Dotty')
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the Kaleidoscope seed pollinated with SpottyDotty henceforth (KSD) are having some fungus problems but are trying to come up

• Hybrid Mayapple (Dysosma 'Kaleidoscope')
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here it is middle of Nov only 5/6 weeks after the seed were put down and the Kaleidoscope are already starting ? Wow?
here are three of the estimated 2 doz or so that are showing already

Good to see you are having such nice results.

the Kaleidoscope seed are almost an 80% sprouting rate in the green house
have not seen anything coming up in the garden yet


here is a close up


these are the parents in the green house


and these are their uncles and aunts in the garden


as you can see the Kaleidoscope in the garden are still doing fine
the lowest temp so far has been 38°

The ones outside look great for this time of year. No sign of the couple of seeds I planted inside.

the green house temp is set at 55° and i mist them once a day
i should have brought a small batch inside the house at the warmer 72°
to see what temp differences make ?
mine outside are not showing either but they are below out of sight
so it might be temp
it might be moisture
we shall see
for you

The ones outside here are in frozen solid ground so will have to see if they come up in the Spring. In the house I keep mine cool in the 60 degree or less area.

Bob
i bet the ones you have in the house are starting
my green house gets up into the low 60's during the day from the Sunlight

i have been absent for a month from here & in the green house for health reason
and after that length of time the seedlings are showing the answer to previous question
what makes them sprout ?
the tray that was sprouting first last month kinda dried out
and some of the sprouts are no longer


but another tray along side this one had more moisture
and this is the results


the same seedlings out side in the garden have not shown at all

i have mentioned in the past Kaleidoscope seems to be more hardy then SpottyDotty in my garden
here is Kaleidoscope

and here is SpottyDotty