From Seed Division: Haines’ Trees Ulmus parvifolia Thread

[Haines' Trees]

I’ll get in on this; one of my favorite deciduous varieties. I have had decent success with individual Chinese Elms and I love the idea of a forest so I’ll be giving it a go with these.

Will probably begin stratifying towards the end of this month to go for germination in late April/early May. I haven’t had great success starting elms inside and then moving them out.

 

[Haines' Trees]

Alright! It’s time to get the Chinese Elms going! 5 bags with a whole bunch of seeds in them. They were soaked overnight before I placed them into damp sphagnum moss. Into the fridge now until late April!

 

[wojt333]

Looking forward to your updates

 

[Haines' Trees]

Checked on some of the seeds in stratification and I’ve got quite a few starting to root a bit early. I’ll take out and plant anything that is really growing and throw the rest back in the fridge.

 

[leatherback]

Congrats!

 

[wojt333]

One year later, how did it turn out?

 

[Haines' Trees]

Haha yeah these ones didn’t go well… this the lack of updates… I do have Dawn redwoods, JBP, and Siberian crabapple going for this contest, and I actually have trees for those!