AusBonsai

Hello all.

I have been thinking about trying to raise some seedlings and ebay offers all types of tree seeds for heaps cheep.
Has anyone bought seeds off ebay and are they the real deal??

Cheers Pat

i've got seeds from ebay before, never had a drama with them. Not sure on id'd as most of the stuff i buy is hard o grow and i kill it before its at a decent size lol

John

rightio then i'll gove it ago, might even be able to sell em haha

currently i have some Euc parvula germinating, along with sophora. The eucs had good germination, sophor's very poor germination but in the past had the same problem so must just be that species

Many tree seeds will need Winter stratification so bear that in mind this time of year

so not the best time?

I am sure there are some that you could try at the moment that won't need stratifying but just keep it in mind. Maybe gum tree or some hedge type trees. Have to do a bit of research or other members might have some suggestions I usually muck around with those that need a Winter stratification so I can't give much more help from memory.
Very fresh seeds of some species will not need stratifying but ebay may not be the best place to find them.

I've bought Japanese Black Pine, Japanese Maple and Trident Maple from ebay this year. While no the most cost effective option, I've never had a problem. some germ rates are high, some low.

Although I planted them in Winter (Canberra winter, so maybe some strat. effect), I have found the best method is to just get them planted. Some will come up this year, and others next year.

For such a small investment, even if only a few sprout this year, that is one more year's growth!

Buy some and get planting!

Stratifying?
Im not sure what this is exactly?

And would it be good to put them in a seed raising house? I sell them at work so pretty easy to get my hands on seed raising mix and what not.

Pat

Startification
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratification_(botany" ) For some reason this link emits the end bracket and I can't fix so you may have to copy and paste the link
Ausbonsai Wiki sowing seeds
https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/wiki/index. ... _from_seed

Cheers Mate.
Im gunna have a crack.
Im 18 and have plenty of years to watch them grow

Pat