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Growing abies koreana from seed?
Over the last twelve years I have had five different abies koreana. Three
died and one grew to two metres in two years and was removed. The latest has about twenty cones on it. I would like some advice on propagating them. Can anyone point me towards any web sites that would help? -- gee six jay en Replace the words with the numbers to email me |
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Growing abies koreana from seed?
On Thu, 13 May 2004 10:43:46 +0100, "Peter Crosland"
wrote: Over the last twelve years I have had five different abies koreana. Three died and one grew to two metres in two years and was removed. The latest has about twenty cones on it. I would like some advice on propagating them. Can anyone point me towards any web sites that would help? http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm.html I'm growing some from Chiltern's seeds. Seemed to germinate quite readily from spring sowing last year, potted them to 3inch pots today so it's going to be a long job as you would expect - it's a slow growing species. Curious to see if any turn out like the compact blue ones the GCs sell. Rod Weed my email address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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Growing abies koreana from seed?
I'm growing some from Chiltern's seeds. Seemed to germinate quite
readily from spring sowing last year, potted them to 3inch pots today so it's going to be a long job as you would expect - it's a slow growing species. Curious to see if any turn out like the compact blue ones the GCs sell. Thanks for that Rod. My understanding is that the bushy form originates from Quelpaert Island and this is what I would expect to be the form sold by GCs. However one that I had, from a supposedly reputable GC, was clearly the mainland form since it grew as fast as leylandii and the trunk was nine inches diameter at the base two years after I planted it. I called it the cuckoo tree... The plant I have now is not a very good specimen having been attacked by aphids but hopefully the seed will be OK. |
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Growing abies koreana from seed?
On Thu, 13 May 2004 18:39:53 +0100, "Peter Crosland"
wrote: I'm growing some from Chiltern's seeds. Seemed to germinate quite readily from spring sowing last year, potted them to 3inch pots today so it's going to be a long job as you would expect - it's a slow growing species. Curious to see if any turn out like the compact blue ones the GCs sell. Thanks for that Rod. My understanding is that the bushy form originates from Quelpaert Island and this is what I would expect to be the form sold by GCs. However one that I had, from a supposedly reputable GC, was clearly the mainland form since it grew as fast as leylandii and the trunk was nine inches diameter at the base two years after I planted it. I called it the cuckoo tree... The plant I have now is not a very good specimen having been attacked by aphids but hopefully the seed will be OK. Well actually I could accommodate a big specimen or two but it would be nice if some were a good blue. Keep us posted how you get on with the seeds. Rod Weed my email address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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Growing abies koreana from seed?
Will do. I expect to have quite a lot of seed so if anybody wants any then
please ask. -- gee six jay en Replace the words with the numbers to email me |
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