after-ripening

· Were seeds past their after-ripening (section 14.3) or dormancy period?

5. How plants live and grow 1991

Keeping mature fruit from which seed is to be saved in cool, dry storage for 6 weeks or longer, known as after-ripening, ensures time for seed development. 42 When slightly immature fruit is picked, for example after an early frost, viable seeds can sometimes be saved if the fruit is allowed to after-ripen.

14. Saving seeds for planting 1991

Barton (1) indicated that while some few seedlings may be produced without prior seed stratification, after-ripening of the seed for 2 to 4 months at 35° to 50° F. markedly increased seedling production with hickory and walnut.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951

MR. HARDY: Once they are dried I think they must go through after-ripening conditions.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952

Apparently the difference in time is related to the thickness of the seed coat or possibly to an inhibitor in the pellicle rather than to any need for after-ripening.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952

Factors influencing low-temperature after-ripening in seed of Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb

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