The Celtis (Hackberry) Scored Progression Contest

[JesseKane]

2 weeks and not a single sprout out of a dozen seeds each of three species. Anyone else having germination issues?

I have 4 seeds of reticulata that have sprouted out of 30ish that I planted on the 6th, first one popped up at 9 days. They're under a grow light that keeps it pretty toasty at like 80F 24/7. Don't know if that's helped or not, but might be a difference from your setup.

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Mine are outside where they've been getting 80°+ and 90°+ days, with nights dropping into the upper 50s and lower 60s.

 

[dbonsaiw]

2 weeks and not a single sprout out of a dozen seeds each of three species. Anyone else having germination issues?

Same by me. We shall see.

 

[minkes]

I am still waiting too. Hopefully they will germinate

 

[bluone23]

Nothing also here.

 

[hsaintandre]

Sinensis here, so far only 5 out of 35 seeds have sprouted. No stratification, only scarification and planted one month ago. The first sprout was more than two weeks ago and yesterday I noticed the 5th.

 

[SeanS]

I’m not partaking, but here are some photos I took of 2 big Celtis Africana at a local botanical garden to inspire all participants

 

[minkes]

I’m not partaking, but here are some photos I took of 2 big Celtis Africana at a local botanical garden to inspire all participants

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Just grab some fresh celtis seedling and join us . I digged up some seeds to see what they look like and they are same as were when I sowed them two months ago

 

[SeanS]

Just grab some fresh celtis seedling and join us . I digged up some seeds to see what they look like and they are same as were when I sowed them two months ago

@minkes celtis grow like weeds here in South Africa, you’d be hard pressed to not spot a Celtis in almost very garden/sidewalk/crack in a pavement (that’s South African colloquial for sidewalk)

 

[SeanS]

Here’s a Celtis seedling growing in the trunk of a big prunus mume

 

[Hack Yeah!]

I've had decent germination rate, unfortunately I'm not the best at taking time to document my seed by seed ratio.

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

I have three species in seed beds. 7 out of 8 germinated in one, neither of my other 2 have any signs of sprouting.

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

I've had decent germination rate, unfortunately I'm not the best at taking time to document my seed by seed ratio.

Looking good!

 

[Ozz80]

Since it is too late now for growing from seed for this season, I ordered a small Australis sapling to use as a mother tree for cuttings. But I understand that it is not easy to propagate from cuttings, especially from softwood. Anyone successful in doing that?

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Havent tried yet.

 

[shohin_branches]

Since it is too late now for growing from seed for this season, I ordered a small Australis sapling to use as a mother tree for cuttings. But I understand that it is not easy to propagate from cuttings, especially from softwood. Anyone successful in doing that?

I plan on starting softwood cuttings soon. I need to clear room in my propagator