[NAFEX] Seeking seed starting media ideas

tanis cuff tanistanis at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 8 13:01:22 EST 2004


Was it last month Art P posted a couple silviculture websites in the string 
about osage orange/ Maclura propagation.  Should be in Feb (or March) 
archive.  These might have suggestions for preferred media, in their Prunus 
pages.

Try an internet search for   "[latin name]"+"seed germination"

And the health hazards of a given media can be greatly reduced if you wear a 
duskmask rated for the substance.

tc


----Original Message Follows----
From: Charles Paradise >
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@>
Subject: [NAFEX] Seeking seed starting media ideas
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 11:24:28 -0500

Seeking seed starting media experiences:
with fruit tree seeds in the following mediums:

1]  long fiber spagnum moss
             not "peat moss" which is a mined product of ancient mosses,
             but rather this is the harvested-from-live mosses, then dried
             [and of course rehydrated when used for germination]
2]  vermiculite and the like
              weren't these recently found to be carcinogenic?
3]  compost made in my compost bin
4]  you suggest ____________ [please suggest]
5]  peat moss seed starting cubes  ...e.g. Jiffy 7's and the like

I am germinating plum and peach seed kept moist and cold all winter.
I want to germinate some outside and some inside.
Appreciate your suggestions and experiences.

Charlie Paradise
zone 5/Massachusetts

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