seed stratification and sucess

craig

hi all any help or advise on seed stratification and germination would be greatly appreciated .i am trying to grow acer palmatum,black pine and white pine i bought the seed last year soaked in water for 24hrs put in bags of 50/50moist peat and sand then placed in the fridge for 12weeks i then put in a warm cupboard for 1 week the planted in 50/50 peat and sand three months ago still no signs of life im running out of hope please help . i have also dug up a couple to make sure they havent rotted away and they look fine

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johnny

I have recently planted seeds for my first time. I planted five different species, appx. 200 seeds total. Only about fifty seeds have sprouted though. Two of the species haven't done anything yet, and they were all planted at the same time. I use two 4' full spectrum flourescent bulbs, and run them for 12 hours a night. I don't know if this helps, but maybe it will.

Johnny

craig

thanks i will try and set something up mines are in the greenhouse at the moment does anyone else have any suggestions

TreeBay

Only bottom heat. *It's much more important than light when the seeds are germinating. *They can't see the light anyway, so any benefit they're getting from it at that time is simply the radiant heat from flourescent bulbs, which are probably only 20% efficient anyway (80% heat).

There are some heating mats over at ***CHARLEY*** in their propagation section. * I know.... You're in England!

Truthfully folks do a lot more gardening over there, I think, than here, so if you visit Yahoo and type in "Greenhouse Supply England" I think you'll find your rooting hormone and soil heating mats.

Regards,

Matt

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