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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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| I dont even know what Hornbeam is and I am certainly not a pro at gardening but if I had sprouts right now from a plant I really wanted to propagate and I live in zone 5b, I would transplant them to some small containers and grow them under lights or in a window through out the winter and hopefully have some very nice starters for the spring. But, if you get additional responses, feel free to put my suggestion at the bottom of the list. like I said, I am not a highly experienced grower. Good luck and at the very least, keep everyone updated on what you decide to do and how it turns out. Bruce |
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| Hey Bruce - hornbeam is a native tree of the northern and eastern woods. It is also called musclewood, and I have also heard people call it blue beech. It is a smaller understory tree, but it has a lot of character and it is definitely not over-planted in yards and parks. It grows wild a lot in Michigan and Wisconsin as well. Being a deciduous tree I don't know if it will do so well indoors over the winter. Of course, my lengthy refrigerator period has pretty much messed up its internal clock anyways... Thanks for responding though, we'll see what the consensus will be eventually. |
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