Chinese Elm seed

Paddles

I have just ordered some Chinese elm seed, any suggestions on how to sow it? I am in Australia, and anybody who has Grown Chinese elm from seed's advice would be appreciated (Down to what time of year should I sow it!

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orderme3

Hey Paddles, if you bought them on ebay the guy that sells them gives you instructions.

Paddles

The instructions were pretty general. 15 trees have survived so far

orderme3

That's not bad, I couldn't get any of mine to sprout. Any helpful ideas would be great.

Paddles

I've bought a heated propergation unit from garden express, will let you know how it goes. 3 days so far. I also invested in some mini tree tube thingies. transplanting out of the seedling trays was bad. even now the seedlings don't look healthy.

JDubinski

Hey there,

I am actually growing some myself for the first time. I have a heated germination station that I got off the internet as well as some seed starting medium. Here is what I did and I am starting to see some success.

Mix the medium with some water and planted the seeds about an inch down in the medium in a seedling cell pack. Then get some zip lock freezer bags large enough to put the seedling packs into. Zip them up to keep the humidity and put them in your refridgerator (not freezer) for about 2 months. This will recreate "winter" for these little guys. Then, take the packs out of the fridge and put them into the heated germination station. You should start seeing some growth in a couple of weeks after that.

Good luck.