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 @120acc36 kia ora, I was wondering if you had reckons on cold stratification. I'm trying to improve my seed germination rates, and these are the herbs what Google tells me do best with cold stratification. I highlighted the ones I'm planning to sow soon.

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 @b1f5b2b4 I have sown seed for a number of the plants you have highlighted, and I didn't stratify them specifically. I just sowed them and left them in the glasshouse to germinate. Our night time temperatures are still down around 2 - 3 if we don't have a frost, and most have germinated. But it's not a big thing just to throw them in the fridge for a week or two. If I don't stratify, I just sow extra seed to make up for it.