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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 24, 2007 23:36:59 GMT 1
Has anyone ever sown any native trees seeds successfully? I sowed Rowan, Beech, Spindle and Yew last Autumn and absolutely nothing has happened yet! They've been in trays outside all winter....
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 24, 2007 23:41:25 GMT 1
I have been successful with acorns
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 25, 2007 9:25:09 GMT 1
I haven't! Some b*****d creature carefully removed all the acorns I sowed last Autumn. Lovely neat holes in all the pots.......ah well, I expect they needed them more than I did.
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Post by plocket on Feb 25, 2007 11:16:01 GMT 1
I sowed some birch seeds last year but nothing's happened yet. I'm very successful with sycamore seeds though ;D
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 25, 2007 11:19:46 GMT 1
Ah, sycamore seeds.....I know they're unpopular trees but actually I like them!
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Post by plocket on Feb 25, 2007 11:22:10 GMT 1
Well I've probably got about a million germinating in my garden 4P - want a few? ;D Just kidding - I really must get the hoover out and tidy them up, but they do seem to attract the blackbirds who love rooting around underneath them.
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 25, 2007 11:33:25 GMT 1
I have one tree planted right at the back of my garden by my Poplar row and it doesn't seem to be a problem there. I haven't been right up there for a while though........ratty ditch close by.
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Post by madonplants on Feb 25, 2007 19:52:28 GMT 1
I have had success with silver birch in the past. Not tried much else. Got some conkers planted atm, so we will see if they come up in the spring.
Keith
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Post by The witch on Feb 26, 2007 9:08:34 GMT 1
I've had success with Hawthorn - and that reminds me I've got some walnuts in the freezer which need planting. ;D
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Post by madonplants on Apr 10, 2007 17:55:09 GMT 1
Our conkers are coming through!!!  First the two boys ones and then mine about a week later. They were all planted at the same time, in the same compost, in identical pots, at the same depth and put in the same part of the garden!!! Oh and obviously watered the same!!  So how come mine came in last? Keith |
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Post by The witch on Apr 11, 2007 11:30:39 GMT 1
Did you talk to yours Keith? ;D I planted my walnuts last week - I wonder how long they will take to geminate?  |
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Post by madonplants on Apr 11, 2007 11:43:26 GMT 1
Occasionally, when noone was looking!! Keith |
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Post by seanmckinney on Apr 16, 2007 17:07:44 GMT 1
I have 1/2doz conker trees sprouting in a wheel barrow that hasnt been emptied since the autumn, I'll stick them out alongside the motorway I think. I wish the oak at the bottom of the garden would bare fruit.
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 16, 2007 17:24:35 GMT 1
Absolutely none of my seeds have done anything although there are 2 little tiny seedlings in the Rowan pot. I shall wait and see if they turn into weeds......
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Post by The witch on Apr 17, 2007 10:59:21 GMT 1
I'm good at nurturing seedlings only to discover they are weeds :  |
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Post by madonplants on Apr 17, 2007 12:31:00 GMT 1
I have a few of them behind the pond, The witch. My excuse is, the bees love them, so I will wait until they stop flowering or have gone onto something else!!
Keith
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