Post by ceara on Mar 7, 2009 10:02:45 GMT -5
In doing more searches on the Wild Leek/Ramp (Allium tricoccum) I came across the Montreal Biodome website and found their conservation pages on the Leeks.
www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/gabarit.php?dossier=recherche&page=aildesbois&menu=conservation
According to the law, Wild Leeks cannot be sold in Quebec in order to protect the existing colonies. A total of 50 plants can be harvested per person, but if caught harvesting too many, hefty fines and other legal troubles can result.
I have obtained some seeds from Gardens North and they are outside now, winter sown, and getting their cold stratification. Then when it gets warmer they should break the leaf growth dormancy and finally sprout. (I hope.)
So I am in the process of finding some names and email addresses where I can write conservationists and biologists interested in Wild Leeks, hoping to obtain some live plant material which I can then transplant to our private woodlot behind the house. I want to aid in the conservation of these wild plants.
Of course I would take my allotted 50 plants per year for a spring feast ;D, but the rest will be cared for so that it forms a nice colony and doesn't get picked by trespassers. We frown on trespassing anyway because we have wild berries and wild flowers we do not want trampled.
If anyone knows Canadian conservation program people, send them my way. We would be more than happy to participate in the protection of some wild plants. I've already started a preliminary study of the local fungi and photographing and spore printing when I can.
Alan you recommended that we grow Ginseng. Well turns out that's also a protected species in Quebec. Just thought I would pass that info along to you in case you were interested.
www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/gabarit.php?dossier=recherche&page=ginseng0&menu=conservation
www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/gabarit.php?dossier=recherche&page=aildesbois&menu=conservation
According to the law, Wild Leeks cannot be sold in Quebec in order to protect the existing colonies. A total of 50 plants can be harvested per person, but if caught harvesting too many, hefty fines and other legal troubles can result.
I have obtained some seeds from Gardens North and they are outside now, winter sown, and getting their cold stratification. Then when it gets warmer they should break the leaf growth dormancy and finally sprout. (I hope.)
So I am in the process of finding some names and email addresses where I can write conservationists and biologists interested in Wild Leeks, hoping to obtain some live plant material which I can then transplant to our private woodlot behind the house. I want to aid in the conservation of these wild plants.
Of course I would take my allotted 50 plants per year for a spring feast ;D, but the rest will be cared for so that it forms a nice colony and doesn't get picked by trespassers. We frown on trespassing anyway because we have wild berries and wild flowers we do not want trampled.
If anyone knows Canadian conservation program people, send them my way. We would be more than happy to participate in the protection of some wild plants. I've already started a preliminary study of the local fungi and photographing and spore printing when I can.
Alan you recommended that we grow Ginseng. Well turns out that's also a protected species in Quebec. Just thought I would pass that info along to you in case you were interested.
www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/gabarit.php?dossier=recherche&page=ginseng0&menu=conservation
