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Hey guys, I am really interested in collecting "experiences" you've had germinating bald cypress. I guess second hand successes are okay too, don't want to narrow it down too hard.
There's one tree near me that has dropped cones and I collected all I could. Very few, maybe 3 of them have sunken in water (that sinking seed viability thing apply to taxodium?). I have treated some with different strengths of peroxide, and rubbing alcohol, sanded the seed coat on some and of course just threw a bunch in water untreated as a control. I would have liked to pretreat with an alkaline solution but didn't have anything at my disposale at the time.
My question ultimately is .. Are my seeds duds because they are floating?
And if cypress seeds normally float for days how do I get them to sink?
Do they need to sink? Usually I'm good with the whole germination thing but this species has me stuck and it happens to be the species I want to "specialize" in. Thanks in advance for links, tips and judgements
There's one tree near me that has dropped cones and I collected all I could. Very few, maybe 3 of them have sunken in water (that sinking seed viability thing apply to taxodium?). I have treated some with different strengths of peroxide, and rubbing alcohol, sanded the seed coat on some and of course just threw a bunch in water untreated as a control. I would have liked to pretreat with an alkaline solution but didn't have anything at my disposale at the time.
My question ultimately is .. Are my seeds duds because they are floating?
And if cypress seeds normally float for days how do I get them to sink?
Do they need to sink? Usually I'm good with the whole germination thing but this species has me stuck and it happens to be the species I want to "specialize" in. Thanks in advance for links, tips and judgements