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Post by castanea on May 26, 2015 23:06:32 GMT -5
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Post by diane on May 27, 2015 10:00:05 GMT -5
I bought a packet of seeds a couple of years ago but haven't sown them yet.
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Post by castanea on May 28, 2015 8:50:16 GMT -5
Then the seeds are likley dead. They have a very short shelf life. I bought seeds last week and am hoping they are still viable.
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Post by khoomeizhi on May 28, 2015 15:15:52 GMT -5
i started seeds a few years ago but was living with them in pots for too long, through too-cold winters...kept one or two going for a while but eventually lost them all. hoping to try more, probably next year. never got big enough to taste-test, really.
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Post by castanea on Jul 3, 2015 15:17:13 GMT -5
I planted seeds from 4 different sources. I had 0% germination from 3 sources and 80% germination from the 4th. The seeds really have a short shelf life. The seeds with the 80% germination were from a Canadian Asian seed company: www.agrohaitai.com/ |
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Post by cletus on Jul 7, 2015 22:34:42 GMT -5
This plant is amazing really: hardy mahogany, coppice wood, medicinal, vegetable. I have a tree in part shade going on its third season (from seed) and its almost 10 ft. The young shoots and leaves are a nice sort of oniony/meaty/umami flavor. I put it in a pesto with spice mint the other day and it was yum. If you don't coppice it, the central trunk will die eventually and it will gradually spread outwards, so its better to coppice if you don't want a thicket. Lots of polyculture potential with this plant as a living trellis from sun to at least part shade.
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Post by castanea on Jul 7, 2015 23:02:28 GMT -5
This plant is amazing really: hardy mahogany, coppice wood, medicinal, vegetable. I have a tree in part shade going on its third season (from seed) and its almost 10 ft. The young shoots and leaves are a nice sort of oniony/meaty/umami flavor. I put it in a pesto with spice mint the other day and it was yum. If you don't coppice it, the central trunk will die eventually and it will gradually spread outwards, so its better to coppice if you don't want a thicket. Lots of polyculture potential with this plant as a living trellis from sun to at least part shade. All those reasons are why it interests me. Turns out I planted seed from 5 sources, not 4. But still only one source had viable seeds. |
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Post by raymondo on Aug 1, 2015 21:31:51 GMT -5
I have three young trees, nursery bought, each about 6' tall. They all have red new growth and sucker readily. I haven't eaten any yet. I don't mind if they form a thicket as I want them to provide some shade for the house. That might also mean they would be great as part of a windbreak. I wonder if stock would eat them.
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