stratification

Hello fellow plant lovers, I'm brand new to this hobby. About a year ago, I decided I needed a relaxing hobby to help with the stress of grad school. I randomly decided to start collecting seeds and cuttings across the landscape, and successfully rooted: 6 red maples, 1 Japanese maple, and 4...

I'm relatively new to bonsai (about 1 year), and am left puzzled by the range of advice on whether and how long to stratify Chinese elm seeds. I was recently sent a free packet of Chinese elm seeds with a pot I ordered from a local bonsai supply company (only place I could find an appropriate...

Hi there! About a month ago I came back from a visit to Denver with 5 pine cones from a Colorado Blue Spruce in my family's yard. I understand there's roughly a 1/1000 chance of getting the characteristic blue coloring of the parent tree, but I'm still interested in trying to stratify and...

Hello I currently live in St. Louis Missouri in USA. Six months into doing bonsai‘s and thus far I have been unable to germinate any Judas. I am roughly 1 for 100 in the redwood area. (Still alive but accidentally burn the starting leaf’s, growth is extremely slow but fully recovered from...

Hello I had tried the Mugo pine and Silverbirch stratification and germination before unfortunately with 0% success I was wondering if anyone has had any success and getting these little buggers to germinate. All info would be much appreciated thank you very much

I’ve tried germinating acacia and Sakura seeds three times now from purchases on Amazon I now purchased more viable seeds from individuals on Etsy. I was just looking for other people who have successfully germinated these and to see if their method was different than mine thank you.

Hello 👋 I collected some pine seeds when on holiday in Turkey (not sure exactly what kind of pine) I had a quick look online on stratification but found quite a range of answers on stratification times (if required at all for a tree native to warm climate)? Just wondering if any one has any...

Hi everyone. Just a quick question about the stratification process of growing bonsai trees. When putting seeds in a sealed plastic bag to put in the fridge for a period of time, does the bag need to be ventilated by putting holes in it or does it just need to be sealed? Thanks in advance and...

Hey all So I've purchased some JWP seeds from Sheffield and they arrived today. I have looked everywhere and found so many different answers on stratifying them. Looked up the info found on Prof Deno's paper on germination techniques, other articles I could dig up on google scholar on the topic...

Hi guys, new here to Bonsai nut. Ive got a few plants I've grown from seed that seem to be flourishing quite well, maybe cause of the fantastic Summer we've all enjoyed. I bought most of my seeds that don't require stratification but I somehow ended up with some Chinese Juniper seeds (late...

Hello everyone I bought last week some Pinus Thunbergii (Japanese black pine) seeds. On the instructions says that I have to do a cold stratification of 2 months and plant them in spring. I assume it is a little bit too early to begin with the stratification now.... so what should I do with the...

As many of my threads have indicated, I am starting tons of Seeds this winter. Hopefully as you know, all seeds can benefit from cold stratification. Not necessary for some but germination rates do increase. So I have been reading M. Dirr's propagation manual (absolute MUST have for your book...