Nigel's 6 Year JBP Entry

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Ok. So the seeds sent to me by Anthony were delivered this evening......Based on the contest rules i'll need Anthony to say where the seeds he sent me were sourced from

Apparently, the postman came some time ago and the envelope couldn't fit in my mailbox, so he left a note stating that it could be collected at the Post Office which I never got to do (work challenges). I guess he got so frustrated by it not being collected that he came by and dropped it off. From the package it left Trinidad on April 6 and got to Jamaica April 12 (date on the stamps).....can't say where it was between then and when I got the notice a week ago.

Going to get ready for a start this weekend....

Never grew a pine before so its all learning for me ......no pressure, if it lives even better!!
 

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Go Nigel go.

Wonder if Cicio will ever get his Brazil, and his had tamarind seeds from
our largest bonsai tree.

Please check with forestry, how they did the Caribbean /Honduran pine seeds.

Normally our technique was one seed per small clay pot, see my entry.
This was grown in a 70 to 80 5 mm silica based gravel, at 7 to 8 parts
and 3 to 2 parts sterile commercial peat moss from Canada.

If you are going into Wet Season as we are, maybe even less peat moss.

To help out the other guys in Trinidad, seed trays were used and not so happy
with that.

Still there are about 30 individual clay pots and seedlings.

Watering, morning, every other day.
Placement has been sun from 6 a.m until 3 p.m
Even for newly germinated.

Remember you only need around 10 to 15 for this competition.
The best.

When the cotyledons turn brown, a weak nitrogen fertiliser
once a week.

The seedlings stay in the clay pot on my page until next year
around February.
By then they are normally pot bound and can be gently lifted
out of the pot for entry into a bigger, but not deeper clay pot.
Will provide images for that.

At around I think 120 seeds you should get 30 to 50.
Use the extras for bargaining power.
Grow about 6 into trees for a permanent supply of J.B.pines.
We are doing so at Toco. North Trinidad. Stoney zone.
Good Day
Anthony

* I should have also thought about Barbados [ Arthur Atkinson ]
and St Lucia [ I think Charles ]
Wonder if Grenada does Bonsai, I think a few of the French islands
do.
What about Venezuela? They do have a forum.

Hmm can still call and ask.
 

Hyn Patty

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You will have some interesting challenges but do not be dismayed! I got a late start on my seeds as well so they are still in the refrigerator for a few more weeks. I don't know if JBP need chilling hours after germination for long term vigor but otherwise you will have the advantage of a much longer, year round growing season over the rest of us and can perhaps get two or three times more growth in a year! Certainly my adeniums would prefer your climate to mine. Good luck!
 

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Clicio.

what we were told [By Venezuelan friends ] is that Caracas is a mess.
Somehow not so much the other cities.?

Mind you we are overloading on cheap labour, kinda odd watching
fair skin, doing manual work - bricklaying, gardening....

Still I will check at the forum for Venezuela.
Should have thought about this months ago.
Good Day
Anthony
 

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Hyn,

the seeds Nigel got were chilled already.
Just need the 24 hour soak and to be planted.
More worried about heat exposure.
Good Day
Anthony
 
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