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seeds and proper preperation
I have delt with and grown various bonsais in the past. Some have died....some have lived. I have not ever dealt with seeds and germination and getting them prepped and started. Here is a list of what I have and any information provided would be of much help. None of these I have grown ever.
1)Ginko 2)Baobab 3)Brazilian Rain Tree(Monkey Pod) 4)Amur Maple 5)Chinese Juniper 6)Dypsis Palm 7)Chinese Elm weeping birch9)crab apple 10)speckeled alder 11)Larch 12)American Mountain ash 13)Black Pine Again any help would be great. I live in Enumclaw Washington. We have heavy rain fall during the fall, winter, spring. Snow from January to mid March. Not heavy snow but does stick around for a couple days when it falls. Springs are nice and around 45-55 degrees. We have freezes but not too many. My town is about 1,600 feet above sea level and is tucked in the foot hills that lead to Mt. Rainer. This volcano is about a two hour drive. My town recieves an abnormal amount of high winds during the winter and spring season. The summers are nice and stay around 70-high 80's...rarely breaking 90. Thats about all I can offer to help with you helping me. Thanks again for any help. Brandon |
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Re: seeds and proper preperation
Hi Brandon, I moved your post over here since it is more of a propagation question than a bonsai question.
I can help with a few. The chinese elm, Brazilian rain tree and crab apple just need to be soaked in warm water overnight *and then potted up in seed starting mix. Keep them warm [70 degrees] and give them bright indirect sunlight or in indoors use a grow light. The juniper, birch and black pine will need to be cold stratified for a few months. You can do this by potting them up and leaving them outside over winter or by putting them in a ziplock bag with moist sand and putting them into the fridge. I use a mix of 50% sphagnum peat moss *and 50% coarse sand to start seeds but any seed starting mix you find at the garden center will do. I'm not sure what kind of prep the other seeds need, maybe someone else will know. Tony |
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