2022 from seeds !

[Mapleminx]

As a follow up to @AlainK ’s 2021 thread. What seeds are people planning on collecting this year to sprout in 2022?

For me personally I‘ll be breaking from the norm and won’t be doing any 2022 seedlings (I say that now, who knows if I’ll stick to it!)

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Pinus rigida
Pinus sylvestris

Seedlings from 2019 will be repotted into something bigger. Seedlings from 2018 will get a decent culling.

 

[Viridian Bonsai]

I have:

A. ginnala
A. psuedosieboldianum
L. laricina
P. flexilis
P. rigida

in the fridge right now! They will be sewn in 6ish weeks under growlights to have an extended first season. I am also thinking of picking up some American hornbeam seeds soon!

 

[AlainK]

What seeds are people planning on collecting this year to sprout in 2022?

I've collected/planted seeds from various maple cultivars.

The result was disappointing, most of the time, except for seeds taken from various 'Dissectums'.

They are often weak on their own roots, and none of them are exactly "true to the type" but those that can survive the 3rd year are always interesting, one way or another.

I already have dozens from 'Sango kaku', 'Ryusen', etc. that hardly show any of the features of the mother-tree.



I also collected samaras from shirasawanum (aureum; probably) in a park, and 'Hana matoi', 'Seiryu', 'Ryusen', 'Sango kaku', 'atropurpureum', etc.

So I collected seeds this year, sent them to friends, but I only kept some of the "dissectums". Several seedlings from the same tree can be so different.

 

[Arlithrien]

This year instead of mixing the seeds in a bag of sphagnum moss, I'm going to try resting them on a bed of sphagnum moss inside of a plastic container so I don't have to sift for them. I cleaned the seeds in a diluted vinegar solution, then soaked them in some warm diluted liquid kelp for a day. Finally I sprayed them with some fungicide to prevent mold.



This year my resources are limited so ~98% of the seeds are collected from this one tree:




I believe it's a generic red J-maple but it is special in that it holds a variation of color year-round.
Spring: brilliant vivid red
early-summer: pic above
Late-summer: faded red-orange
Fall: generic red



Whenever I see this tree I daydream about a forest of them providing autumn color year-round. So that's why I'm planting so many, hoping to get some attractive variations.

 

[Wulfskaar]

Collected so far:
* Coast Live Oak acorns from home and from a Chumash village site.
* Valley Oak acorns from city hall (excited about these!!!).
* Crape Myrtle from a tree at work.
* Sweet Gum from home.
* Loblolly Pine cone (I think) from a local park, just started to open.

Already have:
* Crape Myrtle.
* Jacaranda.
* Chinese Elm.

Want:
* Any California oak acorns, especially Quercus tomentella (Island Oak) and Quercus douglasii (Blue Oak). If anyone has these, I'm willing to buy or trade!
* Anything else! I plan to get anything I can get my hands on, regardless of whether it's good for bonsai or not.

 

[Mapleminx]

I’m tempted to try some Diospyros rhombifolia (princess persimmon.) but am a little put off after reading that you need to have a male for the female if you want her to fruit, and that it’s not possible to tell the gender of the tree for years and years.

Not sure if I want to be engulfed in them for so long just for the hope of one each of the opposing genders.

 

[leatherback]

I collected a bunch of Labernum Golgden Rain seeds over summer which are in a tub of substrate. Do not hold hope because I noticed a number of seeds were damaged: I expect there are beetles developing in the seeds. We'll see.

I have a bunch of trident maple seeds on order. We'll see whether they ever arrive (Ordered first week October)

 

[Yamabudoudanshi]

I have:

Exactly,
215 Trident Maple seeds collected from the local park,
and,
322 Very small leafed Japanese maple seeds collected from a tree at the same park.

Very exciting.

 

[Colorado]

Limber pine!

 

[Mapleminx]

I collected a bunch of Labernum Golgden Rain seeds over summer which are in a tub of substrate. Do not hold hope because I noticed a number of seeds were damaged: I expect there are beetles developing in the seeds. We'll see.

I have a bunch of trident maple seeds on order. We'll see whether they ever arrive (Ordered first week October)

Oooh Laburnum be pretty. Fingers crossed on your seedies!

 

[sevan]

I currently have American Hornbeam, Japanese Maple, Common Hackberry, and Flowering Dogwood in trays on my garage floor.

In the fridge I have American Beech, American Persimmon, Southern Live Oak, and Willow Oak. These will join the others on the floor in a month or two once it is consistently cold out.

My parents are also sending me a handful of Little Leaf Linden and Crabapple seeds. That will probably be it for this year unless something interesting pops up. I was going to do some Water Oaks also, but decided I will just do some air layers next year instead.

Scott

 

[Bavarian Raven]

Plum sp.
Oak sp.
maybe bishop pine if I feel like dealing with the giant spikes.

 

[sevan]

I moved my willow oak and Southern live oak acorns from the fridge to soil today. They will chill on the garage floors for now and move outside when they sprout.

I started the season planting in foil half size baking pans, but have now "upgraded" to large mixed greens containers. I'm going to need to eat a lot more salad to make homes for my beech and persimmon seeds.

 

[Gert]

I'm starting some Korean Hornbeam and Trident Maple this year.

 

[berzerkules]

I found what I what I think was a Prunus Sibirica outside of a coffee shop in Palmer AK. Collected about 50 seeds and started half in the fridge, these sprouted a lot sooner than I thought they would.

 

[Flowerhouse]

Bur Oak. 9 little acorns from a tree on the next block.

 

[sevan]

I had a hornbeam sprout early on my cold, dark garage floor. I did not cold stratify it ahead of time, I expected that to happen over winter in the garage. So, I pulled the seedling out of the tray, potted it, and propped it up with my tropicals.

We'll see if it survives until spring. Hopefully it is the only early one because I did not plan to keep seedlings indoors this season and would need to buy more lights for them.

Scott

 

[Kanorin]

Here are a few that I'm trying. Might be forgetting some.
Willow Oak
Japanese Maple
Unknown Hawthorn (maybe washington Hawthorn)
unknown Crabapples (from a few different mother trees)
Quaking Aspen
Styrax Japonica
Malus Ioensis (native prairie crabapple)

Hinoki Cypress
Ponderosa Pine
Lodgepole Pine
Pitch Pine (rigida)
Bald Cypress

 

[Pitoon]

I recently collected a couple pounds worth of JM seed. This will be my stock for next year's seedlings.