Donald Wagner wrote:
Mattb wrote:
Hello,

I am new to bonsai and have just bought 10 trident maple seeds and have
just started scarification. I am told to leave them for 24 hours to
soak then dry them out and place i a clear plastiv bag in the
refrigerator for 90 days to start germination. Is this accurate to what
I should do? and all advice will be helpful thanks. :-)

This kind of stuff blows me away. Just unbelievable.

I always heard that putting it in dirt and adding water would work
great. Scarification wasn't even suggested when God made seeds.

Will it work? Probably. Can you just put them in dirt in a shady
place(for this time of year) and keep the dirt moist to start viable
trees? most likely. Most importantly, don't let pottoed trees freeze in
the winter, but keep them cold.

I have to qualify this with the fact that I am a layman and no master,
so YMMV. BUT, that seems like a lot of work to make seds into trees to
work with.

Donald

Ugggh! My spelling is atrocious.

D