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[IBC] Apple (or crabapple) seeds
At 02:18 PM 4/10/03 +0000, Matteo Scarabelli wrote:
I have received seeds from apple (or crabapple, I don't know) species... Any suggestions to make them germinate? (period of the year, soil,...) Matteo Apple (Malus species) seed is very easy to germinate. Just keep it moist in the refrigerator for a month or two and then sow, or just sow it directly and it should eventually sprout. Don't let them dry out. Having said that, I really discourage folks from growing apples from seed. The beauty of apples is the flowers and fruit. Malus take something on the order of twenty years to flower and fruit from seed. Although twenty years is a typical training period for bonsai, it is a hell of a long time to wait to see what the flowers and fruit will eventually look like, what size they will be, etc. Crabapples are fairly easy to grow from cuttings in summer. With cuttings you avoid problem grafts and you have a plant that will start flowering and fruiting in a year or two (assuming you took the cuttings from mature wood). One of my favorite sites in the nursery is a flat of little three to four inch crabapple cuttings blooming away in early spring. After this initial rooting and blooming period, they usually don't flower for another year or two, but after that they bloom every year. I have a bunch of apple seedlings and Washington hawthorn seedlings (Crataegus phaenopyrum) that I bought as two year old seedlings in 1984 and '85. No flowers yet, ...sigh. Brent in Northern California Evergreen Gardenworks USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 14 http://www.EvergreenGardenworks.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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