hsaintandre - Celtis Sinensis - #1

[hsaintandre]

Got the seeds 3 weeks ago. The instructions said cold stratify for 90 days, so I put most of them in the fridge inside a plastic bag filled with moistened soil.
I scarified the rest either by sanding or clipping the coating, then soaked for two days before sowing. Something has sprouted but I'll wait a couple of days to see if it's not something else.

 

[hsaintandre]

Two so far, these were sown on March 20th. One sprouted last week and the other appeared today. I can't say if they were sanded or clipped tho, I somehow lost the labels

 

[hsaintandre]

5 nice sprouts so far. (Ignore plane seedlings)
They continue to germinate, the last one emerged yesterday. So I'll wait another month to assess scarification performance, but it does work.