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Wed, Oct 19, 11 at 10:13
| Hi everyone... sooo... last night I went through the bottom drawer of our refrigerator. In between a few bottles of wine I found a ziplock package with seeds of the American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) from last October. I had stratified them warm for three months and moved them to the coldest part of the fridge in late December 2010 and promptly forgot them. When opening the package about half of the seeds had started to sprout and looked more like bean sprouts from the grocery store...here I am finally successful in growing that seed and overcoming its dormancy in one year, and then I forget to sow them this past May.
I put the sprouts in some soil, but I have no idea what they will do. Continue to grow for a few weeks before frost sets in, or just sit and wait for warmer weather to return? I hate wasting those seeds, especially since my seed source tree didn't produce any this year. What would you do? Any advice or stories of similar experiences are greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
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- Posted by alexander3 6 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 22, 11 at 20:51
| I'd pot them up and put them in a bright window to grow a little and store some carbohydrates before letting them go dormant sometime this winter. Let them go dormant soon enough that they get enough chill hours to wake up in the spring. Alex |
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