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Post by MikeH on Dec 15, 2013 12:12:44 GMT -5
Anyone know a good wholesale nursery selling bareroot plants. I've found a few online but wanted to know if anyone had any direct experience with a specific company. I am hoping to find some bareroot hawthorns or possibly even sloe plum or american crabapple. I've always wanted a little piece of hawthorn hedge. But I'm not paying $14 a plant when you need to plant a double row of plants staggered at 18 inches. That would add up to real money after 3 feet. From seed at www.treeseedonline.com/blackthorn-sloe-prunus-spinosa.html. Germination has been slow but steady-ish. First seeds, then cuttings when large enough. Maybe you'll get your sloe plants at the right price...... |
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Post by oxbowfarm on Dec 16, 2013 9:32:36 GMT -5
Nice. Did they need stratification at all?
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Post by MikeH on Dec 16, 2013 13:06:34 GMT -5
I did four weeks warm and then into the fridge on June 30. I left them there until I saw roots about the beginning of December. I stratify using vermiculite. I find far less problems with seeds rotting. If I have enough seed, I'll do up two bags - one with no water and one with a tiny bit - ΒΌ tsp. I've had hardly any seeds rot. The slightly moist seems to do better than the dry. If you're still looking for hawthorn, he also sells Crataegus monogyna. I got quite good germination, ie, what I needed - about 12 seedlings. |
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Post by imgrimmer on Dec 17, 2013 17:17:57 GMT -5
oxbowfarmif you are interessted in Crataegus I can collect seeds for you, there might be some left on the plants... just send a PM.
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Post by templeton on Dec 23, 2013 7:53:54 GMT -5
oxbowfarmif you are interessted in Crataegus I can collect seeds for you, there might be some left on the plants... just send a PM. If none left in the north, the southern hemisphere populations might get seed sooner. Hawthorn is vey weedy here, so seed wouldnt be difficult for me to collect. T |
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Post by imgrimmer on Dec 25, 2013 2:37:01 GMT -5
templeton, what kind of Crataegus do you have in Australia?
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Post by templeton on Dec 25, 2013 7:01:58 GMT -5
templeton, what kind of Crataegus do you have in Australia? just common hawthorn, i think. need to do some research and get back to you. T |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 21:13:25 GMT -5
I thought the Mexican Hawthorne would be interesting but haven't been able to find it, in the ranch markets. It's used to make a spicy punch, was allegedly a popular item to be smuggled, but has now been legalized.
I have planted sloe seeds at the beginning of Fall, and am keeping my fingers crossed.
Our snow knocks blossoms off the trees, they are blossoming, and I'm hoping for stratification.
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