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Post by MikeH on Jan 17, 2013 3:17:42 GMT -5
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jan 17, 2013 7:46:41 GMT -5
I think they've broken dormancy Mike! What kind of cherry? Did they all germ or are some of them still plantable?
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Post by kwilds on Jan 17, 2013 9:40:56 GMT -5
lol, the exact same thing happened to me last winter with some apricot seeds!
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Post by bunkie on Jan 17, 2013 11:08:26 GMT -5
been there, done that too mike! if they weren't put in dirt/soil. do you think they might not have germinated?
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Post by MikeH on Jan 17, 2013 14:26:11 GMT -5
Well, I just finished potting them up - 11 less 1 that wonky fingers destroyed. 17 seeds have not germinated but they aren't rotten, at least, not on the outside so I potted them up as well. I thought that Michel said they were cherries but the seeds are definitely plums or maybe chums.
bunkie, I don't know if they wouldn't have germinated without the soil. This is only the 2nd or 3rd time that I've tried stone fruit.
If Michel picks up his email, maybe I'll know what it was that he tossed my way. ;D
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Post by richardw on Jan 17, 2013 14:37:27 GMT -5
Where about are you going to grow these till spring Mike
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Post by MikeH on Jan 17, 2013 15:03:44 GMT -5
I'll keep them under full spectrum CFL's. They don't have to look good, just survive. It's interesting that all of the seeds were soaked and half were nicked and half weren't. Germination was the same for each. On another set that were not soaked although half were nicked and half weren't, it looks like only 1 or 2 have germinated so far.
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Post by canadamike on Jan 17, 2013 21:39:05 GMT -5
Hristo will tell us what they are, they have a name like ''false...'' a nut of some sort. I simply do not remember the name, it is an uncommon european fruit/nut tree, absolutely magnificent in flower, and the nuts are edible...I looked them up on the net, I lived way too far north for them, but Mike can make it in a protected area I think...
I remember thinking: trimmed to be short(it is already bushy) it would make it in winter at Mike's covered in snow...
Hristo..come in please please please...
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Post by MikeH on Jan 17, 2013 22:15:09 GMT -5
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Post by ottawagardener on Jan 21, 2013 18:27:35 GMT -5
That's happened to me too!
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Post by MikeH on Jan 22, 2013 18:59:32 GMT -5
OK, the mystery deepens. I found the baggie that the seeds were in. The writing is virtually gone but when I hold it up to the light, I can clearly see the word yellow. There are two words above it. The last three letters of the first word are nus. None of the letters of the second word are readable enough to suggest a word or even part of a word. From the shape of the seeds, they aren't cornus so I'm guessing prunus is the first word. When I google prunus yellow, the first thing I see is Prunus cerasifera. Looking at the baggie again, it looks like the second word could be cerasifera. And Hristo does have Prunus cerasifera on his swap list. It would be fantastic is this is a yellow fruit cherry plum. It's hardy to Zone 4 which is probably US Zone 4 which would make it hardy to Zone 3 in Canada.
Now if Michel or Hristo can confirm my guesses..........
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