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I have about 18 sets of seeds I’m starting next year, probably close to 2000 seeds. This pic is only a small fraction of what it will ultimately be. I need some more shelves…
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I have about 18 sets of seeds I’m starting next year, probably close to 2000 seeds. This pic is only a small fraction of what it will ultimately be. I need some more shelves…


I prefer to do my cold stratification outdoors, for those wondering.

I think what’s in this pic is:
– Ume
– Princess Persimmon
– Southern Live Oak
– Coast Live Oak
– Might be some American Chestnut that didn’t germinate last year
– Japanese Red Pine
– Mikawa Yatsubusa seeds (technically just basic Acer Palmatum since cultivars don’t spread by seed, but some characteristics may persist)
– Trident Maple, both purchased and locally collected.

8 different trees across 15 trays. Still have 11 sets of seeds to pot up!

This is the full list:

  • Ume – Prunus Mume (locally collected seeds)
  • Princess persimmon – Diospyros rhombifolia
  • Southern Live Oak – Quercus virginiana
  • Coastal Live Oak – Quercus agrifolia
  • Trident maple – acer b-something I don’t want to go look up
  • Japanese Red Pine – Pinus densiflora
  • Japanese Maple seeds (locally collected)
  • Field Maple – Acer campestre
  • Seeds from an acer palmatum ‘Mikawa yatsubusa’
  • Seeds from an acer palmatum ‘Seiryu’
  • Japanese Camellia – Camellia japonica
  • American Hornbeam – Carpinus caroliniana
  • Korean Hornbeam – Carpinus turczaninovii f. coreana
  • Chinese Quince – sinensis
  • Virginia Pine – Pinus virginiana (Improved)
  • Korean Stewartia – Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana
  • Japanese Zelkova – Zelkova serrata
  • Chinese Swamp Cypress – Glyptostrobus pensilis

by VMey

4 Comments

  1. Upleftdownright70

    I’d be curious about the germination success rate.

  2. Grambo-47

    Hell yeah! That’s a great list you’ve got there. I love fall planting season, am in the process of getting a bunch going myself:

    – “purple/copper” European Beech

    – Shore Pine

    – Dwarf Mugo Pine

    – Western Larch

    – the 3 Japanese Maples already in my yard, a Kagiri Nishiki and 2 unknown varieties

  3. The3rdiAm

    Would you be able to elaborate on the soil mix you use for cold stratifying and germinating (if they’re different)

  4. jhuckabee

    Have you grown the camellia from seed before? Any tips? I planted about a dozen of them back in January – outside. Not a single one sprouted. At the same time I also planted seeds for Japanese black pine, mugo pine, hinoki cypress and balsam fir. They all had great germination rates. Not sure what I did wrong with the camelia though.

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