HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Do you have any of these? I’m sure Nick, my good friend/brother/study group participant would enjoy seeing one that has had a few seasons treated like a “bonsai”.
2021 Forest From Seed(ling) 8 (or 6) Year Contest
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Starfox
Masterpiece
Actually I meant to say elephants bush, portulacaria afra.Do you have any of these? I’m sure Nick, my good friend/brother/study group participant would enjoy seeing one that has had a few seasons treated like a “bonsai”.
I do have a elephants foot in the yard though. Aside from moving it I haven´t considered that one.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Hehe... those can’t go in yards here!
Njyamadori
Chumono
I personally think it should be wood hardy because succulents and stuff like that aren’t bonsai . No one wires succulents and makes nice nebari lol. But you can try and see what happens
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Well, Jelle.. it’s happening anyway! 
(I saved you a chair, friend, all are welcome bring your own snacks)
(I saved you a chair, friend, all are welcome bring your own snacks)
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Kanorin
Omono
Any and all plants are allowed!
Kanorin
Omono
But I will note that you’ll need people to vote for your creation to win. So it can be a risky business trying a species not typically used.
Starfox
Masterpiece
Njyamadori
Chumono
Ewww . How did you forget the bbq sauce ?
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Proof is in the pudding?!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
My Father would ALWAYS get pudding when we would dine at “Chinese Buffets” (A tradition of ours)
He would refer to it as, “The Ancient Dessert; Pu-Ding.”
P.s. I wonder how many will Google, “kê-tsiap”?
leatherback
The Treedeemer
No need. It is the origin of a range of sauces, based on fermented fish. A bit like what we give out trees
Njyamadori
Chumono
You Germans with your beer and pretzels or what ever you guys doYou Americans and your kê-tsiap !
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Not german, but I'll play. Beer und bratwurst.You Germans with your beer and pretzels or what ever you guys do
Who could say no?
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
I’ll take a guess.. because we are friends.
The “white-guy” in me is Dutch (There’s also a smaller hunk that’s Serbian/Slovak.. if that’s “white-guy). I’ve seen the name “Jelle” before in THAT side’s photo albums.. so my guess is Dutch.. german-residing.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Yup, 100% Half german almost, as my wife and drivers licence are both german.
atlarsenal
Omono
As some of you know I usually grow quite a bit of stuff from seed each year, around 10-15 flats of jiffy pellets which translates into a shit load of seedlings. This year I decided not to do as much and concentrate my efforts more on the stuff I already have. With that being said I am still planning to doing around 6 flats which translates into 432 seedlings if they all come up, but we all know that never happens. I can say for the most part over the years I have been pretty lucky with stratification and germination on most seeds. But trident maple has not been one of them. Each of the last two years I have collected hundreds of seed and ended up with just a few seedlings. I think 3 the year before last and about 7 last year. Now I think I have a tip to offer!
Usually there is a “from seed” thread each year, but I couldn’t find one this year. I did find y’all doing this from seed contest, so I figured I would share this here.
I stratify my seed in paper towels and plastic bag as many of you do. I keep the fridge I use at about 40 degrees. Here’s a mini tip I learned from @0soyoung, I spray my paper towel with 3% hydrogen peroxide and water mixture. I check my seed about every three weeks during stratification, and spray and redo my paper towel and plastic bag on any seeds that are moldy. I have three bags this year.
In the past with other species, I have left them in the fridge past the determined stratification period until they have germinated. That way you get about 100% success rate on the seed you plant.
Now is where the tip comes in. The seeds above were done with their 90 day stratification a couple of weeks ago and as usual (at least for me) none of them had sprouted. So this year I decided to do something different. Two weeks ago I started setting them out of the fridge during the day from about 8am to 3pm every day. I didn’t inspect them or even crack the plastic until yesterday where I found about 10 had germinated and I planted those. I put the rest back in the fridge and continued the same routine.
My wife starts a lot of her flowers from seed under grow lights like I do my seedlings. Today we discussed how she was going to have more room this year because I was not doing as much as I usually do. I showed her how I had done the trident seed and open a package and found about 12 more that had sprouted over night! I will continue this process daily and see how it turns out. She may not have as much room as I thought.
Now some of you may already know about this technique and just say “duh!” but I didn’t, so I thought I would share.
Usually there is a “from seed” thread each year, but I couldn’t find one this year. I did find y’all doing this from seed contest, so I figured I would share this here.
I stratify my seed in paper towels and plastic bag as many of you do. I keep the fridge I use at about 40 degrees. Here’s a mini tip I learned from @0soyoung, I spray my paper towel with 3% hydrogen peroxide and water mixture. I check my seed about every three weeks during stratification, and spray and redo my paper towel and plastic bag on any seeds that are moldy. I have three bags this year.
In the past with other species, I have left them in the fridge past the determined stratification period until they have germinated. That way you get about 100% success rate on the seed you plant.
Now is where the tip comes in. The seeds above were done with their 90 day stratification a couple of weeks ago and as usual (at least for me) none of them had sprouted. So this year I decided to do something different. Two weeks ago I started setting them out of the fridge during the day from about 8am to 3pm every day. I didn’t inspect them or even crack the plastic until yesterday where I found about 10 had germinated and I planted those. I put the rest back in the fridge and continued the same routine.
My wife starts a lot of her flowers from seed under grow lights like I do my seedlings. Today we discussed how she was going to have more room this year because I was not doing as much as I usually do. I showed her how I had done the trident seed and open a package and found about 12 more that had sprouted over night! I will continue this process daily and see how it turns out. She may not have as much room as I thought.
Now some of you may already know about this technique and just say “duh!” but I didn’t, so I thought I would share.
LittleDingus
Omono
As some of you know I usually grow quite a bit of stuff from seed each year, around 10-15 flats of jiffy pellets which translates into a shit load of seedlings. This year I decided not to do as much and concentrate my efforts more on the stuff I already have. With that being said I am still planning to doing around 6 flats which translates into 432 seedlings if they all come up, but we all know that never happens. I can say for the most part over the years I have been pretty lucky with stratification and germination on most seeds. But trident maple has not been one of them. Each of the last two years I have collected hundreds of seed and ended up with just a few seedlings. I think 3 the year before last and about 7 last year. Now I think I have a tip to offer!
Usually there is a “from seed” thread each year, but I couldn’t find one this year. I did find y’all doing this from seed contest, so I figured I would share this here.
I stratify my seed in paper towels and plastic bag as many of you do. I keep the fridge I use at about 40 degrees. Here’s a mini tip I learned from @0soyoung, I spray my paper towel with 3% hydrogen peroxide and water mixture. I check my seed about every three weeks during stratification, and spray and redo my paper towel and plastic bag on any seeds that are moldy. I have three bags this year.
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In the past with other species, I have left them in the fridge past the determined stratification period until they have germinated. That way you get about 100% success rate on the seed you plant.
Now is where the tip comes in. The seeds above were done with their 90 day stratification a couple of weeks ago and as usual (at least for me) none of them had sprouted. So this year I decided to do something different. Two weeks ago I started setting them out of the fridge during the day from about 8am to 3pm every day. I didn’t inspect them or even crack the plastic until yesterday where I found about 10 had germinated and I planted those. I put the rest back in the fridge and continued the same routine.
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My wife starts a lot of her flowers from seed under grow lights like I do my seedlings. Today we discussed how she was going to have more room this year because I was not doing as much as I usually do. I showed her how I had done the trident seed and open a package and found about 12 more that had sprouted over night! I will continue this process daily and see how it turns out. She may not have as much room as I thought.
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Now some of you may already know about this technique and just say “duh!” but I didn’t, so I thought I would share.
My habit is to take them out of the cold strat and set them out overnight every week or every other week. The cold/warm cycle weakens the seed coats so moisture can get in.
As they start to sprout roots, I'll plant them out but put the rest back in the cold. Whatever has sprouted roots next time, I move out and put the rest back in the cold, etc...
I find this method very effective for tridents especially
but it works for most. Doing 6 different species of larch at the moment 
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