DavidLMO brought up Dr. Deno's book and supplements about germination requriements for difficult seeds:
SEED GERMINATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
Norman C. Deno, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/down...
AgSpace said these would be
permanent links for downloading Dr. Deno's works:
Persistent URLs for Dr. Deno's book "Seed Germination, Theory And Practice" and supplements:
http://hdl.handle.net/10113/41... (1993)
http://hdl.handle.net/10113/41... (1996)
http://hdl.handle.net/10113/41... (1998)
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Thank you Anne / Xeramtheum, for this link:
>> I use the Thompson & Morgan Seed Germination Database - it's rather old and out of print but still very useful as well as a bit easier to use.
http://www.backyardgardener.co...
It's great that we can DOWNLOAD the old T&M database. I did that and highlighted and bolded some rows. It is great that it is searchable, and has a great list of many different dormancy-breaking methods. Just in case Backyard Gardener ever drops or moves the T&M list, here's another link to it:
http://www.virtualseeds.com/Ge...
Shadegardener / Cindy mentioned Tom Clothier, a site with lots of gardening info including detailed germination instructions for many species:
http://tomclothier.hort.net/
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Thanks to Leftwood / Rick R.:
>> Tom Clothier has "A Taxonomic Index to the works of Norman C. Deno" here:
http://tomclothier.hort.net/pa...
