Blackboy - Grass Tree propagation from seed
Vicki1655
19 years ago
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How to propagate Michelia Champaca, and Alba from seeds?
Comments (8)M. alba I believe is normally propagated by grafting (onto M. champaca I think). Don't know whether this is due to the difficulty of propagating from seed or growing from cuttings, or whether the alba doesn't come true from seed. Possibly all of the above. M. champaca is grown on its own rootstock and is not too difficult to grow from seed, provided the seed is fresh enough and the temperature is warm enough. I tried numerous times to grow it from ebay-bought seed but had always sowed them in spring or early summer, when nights can still occasionally be fresh. (I don't have a heat mat.) It was only when I sowed seed in mid-summer, when night temperatures hover around 20-20 deg C (about 70 deg F) that they germinated. So they need 24-hour warmth (ie no cool nights), and humidity (I misted them with water and covered with plastic) to germinate. I believe that the champaca DOES come true from seed. Unless, perhaps, there are other species of michelia in the vicinity with which it has hybridised ......See MorePropagation of Nassella laevissima "Golden Hair Grass" from seed?
Comments (3)I bought a plant from Annie also. Still has not bloomed. I am hoping for Z8b hardiness but I am not going to test it until it blooms and I have some successful germination. The information is very indistinct and inconclusive. I hope it is not too difficult to germinate....See MorePropagating tuckeroo from seed
Comments (10)All of which reminds me, I need to go give them a drink :) The hot weather is disastrous.. and I've pinched off the leaf with the miner. It has enough now to keep on keeping on. don't really want to use chemicals on a baby plant, which it still is. I'm going to leave it in the small pot until its almost rootbound (what I discovered was that it grows a horrendously LONG root before it even breaks ground... thats why I lost a couple... broke them off). and then it can go in the ground. I'll have to put some kind of fence around it though, the yard guys are bit keen with the whipper snipper. I lost a couple of young lilli pillis a few years back because of that. Oh dear, I'm rambling. Must be time to make dinner :)...See Morecitrus propagation from seed
Comments (14)I am currently experimenting with three different citron varieties grown from seed. My oldest tree is somewhere between 2-3 years (i was given care of it while it was a young 12" seedling and told it was about a year) and the other trees are approx 18 months old. Obviously none have fruited. Although i have never grown grafted citrus - and therefore have very little, if no understanding as to the differences - two things stand out to me as very different from a lot of what i see described on this forum pertaining to grafted trees: 1) Everyone here seems to fertilize often with large doses of FP. The few times i have tried to use FP on my trees - with less added than i see people hear use - i have had almost immediate and obvious "burn" on my trees, including yellowing tips of leaves among other symptoms. [they are very happy when i use the Lutz citrus tabs in the pots and otherwise leave them alone]. 2) the young seedlings are somewhat intolerant of direct heavy sunlight - they seem much less stressed inside the greenhouse during the hotter months and when i have attempted to add supplemental LED lighting during the late fall/early spring i also notice immediate burning of the upper leaves. Since I have not found any great answers as to why they behave this way, I am led to believe that the above issues are just due to the young age/immaturity of the trees. But that barely even an educated guess. I know nothing about "node counts" or the height of mature potted citron, but i am certainly hoping for some fruit sooner than 10 years!...See MoreVicki1655
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