Orion_metalhead - Celtis Africana - #1

[Orion_metalhead]

Received seeds today. Put them in fridge until I can get to them per directions. The africanus will be soaked tonight and planted tomorrow. Will need to bring in some soil and set up the heat mat.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

I put the (11) seeds into a mason jar of water tonight. They all sank immediately.

Also prepped some seed trays for germination. I am going to try using some bagged organic wood pellet fuel as a top mulch for 5/11 seeds... the stuff expands and holds water well, so My thought is it would be a good option in place of sphagnum, all of which for me is completely frozen.

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[Orion_metalhead]

The (11) seeds came out of soak, and into six-pack seed trays. I placed a single seed in each cell. I covered all of the seeds with growing medium (perlite, turface, 8822 old soil) about 1/4" deep.

5 of the seeds I covered with a mulch of wood pellet fuel to maintain moisture as an experiment..

An extra tray was loaded with a bunch of old shimpaku juniper seeds of unknown viability.

The whole thing I loaded into a plastic box/container type thing to help maintain moisture levels and placed on a heating mat. Germination is expected in 15 - 30 days.

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