Bonsai-gecko

Obviously with some types of seeds stratification is almost 100%neccesary. I've stratified Gingko and a few others that I've grown from seed. Most of what I tend to grow theese days however are sub-tropicals and tropicals, therefor I haven't had to stratify them . As for these redwoods...The "kit" I bought in the begining had instructions for stratification of these seeds. I followed them and had no success.

The seed I first got to germinate 2 years ago, and the ones sprouting now were not stratified at all. Maybe I just got a great batch this time.... but I'm now up to 8 seedlings out of about 20... I expect a few more will still come up out of the second group of ten that was planted about a week ago.



dbz12fan: I actually do have around 40 something plants these days. Most are seedlings/cuttings,stick-in-pots, etc. but a few are actually at the point where they are starting to show some development and promise. Most of my REAL bonsai I purchased early have passed on over the last 4 years... The whole "learning experience" was a bit cruel to them. However, everyone of those trees have left behind numerous cuttings, airlayers, etc.

I know groing from seed will take the longest, but since I do allready have trees in different stages of development, I don't mind starting a lot from seed too. This way I still have stuff to play with while I wait years for this stuff to get to a trainable level. I'm also in my late 20's so I assume I can afford to wait a few seedlings out.

I have been tossing around the idea of joining our local club for a few years. There are actually 2 in Micigan I know of that are close. I kind of took the first step last weekend and went to one of their annual shows... I was very impressed with what I saw and learned. I'm sure I'll join eventually