Growing Chestnut tree from seeds
mattar_3d
7 years ago
Helo
I'm Shadi, I live in Israel.
I had germinated a chestnut plant from seeds I took from Cluj (Romania)
I put the seeds in refregrator for one month and then I planted in a pots in my garden, and here you can see the plants in the images I attached. my question is:
what should I do next in order to take care of these small trees?
when can I plant the tree in the ground ?
what time is the perfect time to plant the trees in the ground?
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Comments (15)Holm oak is actually doing well around my woods and will deffo be on my list. Although the ground is wet along the south east side, it is also shelly sand and very well drained so I will be planting downy birch and river birch with the sallow along the river edge of the wood but dryer species on the rising ground towards the north and west sides. Pedunculate oak, is our next most common tree, along with hazel, alder and white poplar (am trying black poplars from cuttings as the seeds are so recalcitrant with a viability of about 30minutes (it feels). Oh yeah, goat willow and a couple of hornbeams are trying to survive so will be trying more carpinus. Obvs, ash is out of the question now that chalara is everywhere in Norfolk but Zelkova serrulata maybe? Just for fun, have seeds of Parottia persica, cladrastus and tilia on the go....and various laburnum for the turning timber. along with a couple of redwoods (Sequioa grows really well here). I am using long pint size disposable tumblers as they allow for a decent rooting length as well as letting me see the roots....See Morehorse chestnut from seed
Comments (2)Horse chestnut is in the Aesculus family, also known as buckeyes. We had a discussion just recently on germinating buckeyes from seed. Here is a link to that discussion. Here is a link that might be useful: Buckeyes from seed...See MoreHELP! Why can't I grow an avocado tree from seed!?
Comments (35)I have been looking at propagation from stem cuttings, and it seems that it is superior to the seed method because you get a genetic clone and it grows into a fruiting tree in four years instead of 10. There appears to be a group of people who use pieces of aloe vera plant to stick the stems into before burying in soil. Apparently, it is a natural root hormone. I definitely am going to try it because I have aloe vera growing in my yard, and I don't want to search for root hormone and shell out money when I have a potentially equivalent product at home. I also already have two grafted avocado trees. They are small, and I had already cut back the Fuerte, but I still haven't pruned the Mexicola Grande. I might use that pruned leader as a test. The Mexicola Grande would probably make the best root stock for grafting, anyway....See MorePlease help! Very special chestnut seedling dying?
Comments (17)Often times the cause of a stressed plant is lack if fertilization. Has this plant been fertilized any? Some of the leaf damage could be from a deficiency in one or more nutrients. Leaves that are deficient in nutrients will burn much easier when they are taken outside for the first time. Are there any other plants near this one that look sick? You certainly want to be careful with fertilizing a stressed plant. If it has adequate fertility and you load it up with another dose, bye bye! But if your plant is stressed because of a lack of fertilization, then you need to fertilize immediately! Just don’t overdo it. Start out with a light dose of fertilizer and if you get a positive response (you can usually see that within a few days to a week, depending on plant type), up the fertilizer rate to the recommended level. If you don’t fertilize a plant that’s stressed from lack of fertilizer, the effect is the same as over fertilizing. It just takes the under fertilized plant longer to die. Any plant, in potting soil especially, relies on you providing 100% of required nutrients for it to grow and stay healthy. Natural soil contains a lot of the necessary nutrients, especially the micronutrients, although that can vary substantially from area to area....See More
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