junmilo
Shohin
Hi All,
I have been reading a lot on the best way to germinate Pine Seeds, specifically Japanese white pine seeds. A lot of these reading materials and online forums talk about seed soaking, seed scarification, and seed stratification.
I purchased some white pine seeds in 2013 and tried to follow the rules in the book, no germination.
I purchased some white pine seeds again in 2014 from a different vendor, didn't work..no germination.
I didn't bother buying in 2015 and I'm itchy on purchasing some in Feb.2017 and trying again.
In 2015 and 2016, I have been testing a method on germinating (Citrus and Prunus Seeds) that I saw on a youtube video where they:
1. Soak seeds in luke warm water for 4-24 hours
2. remove the hard shell of the seed
3. place the naked seed embryo on a wet paper towel and leave it in a ziplock bag at room temperature.
4. wait 5-10 days and roots will start to develop.
So I tried the above on the Citrus (lemon, tangerine, lime, orange) and Prunus (Peach, Apricot, Plum) All Sprouted Roots!!!
I am trying this now with Winter Sweet (Japanese Allspice) seeds and so far 50% are pushing out roots in the paper towels. I want to test Oak Tree Seeds Next, but my question is has anyone tried this method on Japanese White Pine seeds? or any pine seeds?
Thank you
Jun
I have been reading a lot on the best way to germinate Pine Seeds, specifically Japanese white pine seeds. A lot of these reading materials and online forums talk about seed soaking, seed scarification, and seed stratification.
I purchased some white pine seeds in 2013 and tried to follow the rules in the book, no germination.
I purchased some white pine seeds again in 2014 from a different vendor, didn't work..no germination.
I didn't bother buying in 2015 and I'm itchy on purchasing some in Feb.2017 and trying again.
In 2015 and 2016, I have been testing a method on germinating (Citrus and Prunus Seeds) that I saw on a youtube video where they:
1. Soak seeds in luke warm water for 4-24 hours
2. remove the hard shell of the seed
3. place the naked seed embryo on a wet paper towel and leave it in a ziplock bag at room temperature.
4. wait 5-10 days and roots will start to develop.
So I tried the above on the Citrus (lemon, tangerine, lime, orange) and Prunus (Peach, Apricot, Plum) All Sprouted Roots!!!
I am trying this now with Winter Sweet (Japanese Allspice) seeds and so far 50% are pushing out roots in the paper towels. I want to test Oak Tree Seeds Next, but my question is has anyone tried this method on Japanese White Pine seeds? or any pine seeds?
Thank you
Jun