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| About the Author len qld 4th August 2014 10:22am #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author sternus1 Australia 4th August 2014 10:40am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 4th August 2014 10:57am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author sternus1 Australia 4th August 2014 11:51am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike Tr says... I treated black carbon from taiwan,various chinese reds and a black variety with GA3 in a range of concentrations and with various cold treatments.A small seeds were planted without treatment as a control.No refridgerated or GA3 seeds popped up and I see a few untreated controls coming up after 9 weeks.Don't treat with GA3 or cold is my advice. | About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 4th August 2014 1:12pm #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 4th August 2014 1:13pm #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
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sternus1 says... They actually come from Hainan which is subtropical/tropical. Not sure why they'd need to be striated, but the going theory is that they need to be. No doubt different varieties behave differently as is the case with all kinds of things. Ingas are like that too apparently though the inverse is true--some require more tropical environments than others. | About the Author sternus1 Australia 4th August 2014 2:15pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
Mike Tr says... The news from Taiwan is don't mess with bayberry seeds just plant them.Considering my failures I think it is true.Ireceived the most tropical varieties where climate is similar to mine. Ingas range widely into the subtropics so it stands to reason there is a range of cliamtes suited to various species and varieties. | About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 4th August 2014 6:12pm #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author len qld 5th August 2014 5:13am #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise1 says... I tried sandpaper for about a hundred seeds but all I got was worn tired fingers. Only a few sprouts now and then. After 12 months in coldframe however, all sprouted together as of magic. Partly it seems they need weathering for moisture to arrive at the embryo, then sprout at once with the tug of the moon or some such cue. The coldframe is a halved plastic barrel on its side, with drainage holes and an opaque plastic top. The two long edges need reinforcing so they dont warp. | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 5th August 2014 10:32am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
len says... thanks denise might try and angle grinder be easier than rubbing using hands maybe then into 6" pots covered with glad bag tents, where they get morning sun maybe thought someone here may offer some fresh seeds 4 sale dunno, bit dubious about those on ebay from the US others from china and hong kong, doubt their freshness | About the Author len qld 5th August 2014 3:22pm #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author len qld 6th August 2014 9:54am #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BenW says... I got some seeds from ebay. They are an Australian seller and the seeds all arrived promptly and looked to be correctly labelled. Now you've made me go back they have another round of interesting things for me to blow my spending money on... My understanding is that Red Bayberry from seed are 'variable', to be polite, but worst case I will have some stock to graft better varieties onto if I can get them :) http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/herbnerds | About the Author BenW Kinglake West,3757,VIC 6th August 2014 2:05pm #UserID: 5390 Posts: 144 View All BenW's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author len qld 9th August 2014 4:20pm #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author len qld 9th August 2014 6:42pm #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author BenW Kinglake West,3757,VIC 9th August 2014 7:48pm #UserID: 5390 Posts: 144 View All BenW's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author len qld 29th August 2014 4:43pm #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike Tr says... I tried multiple treatments with fridge and GA3 combinations and of hundreds of seeds only 8 came up.7 tropical black carbons fro taiwan in my control with no treatment and a chinese black also in the control pot with no treatent.Everything I said before about GA3 treatment of Myrica rubra seeds I now take back. | About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 29th August 2014 11:31pm #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
denise1 says... My fresh seeds from China I planted immediately on arrival in a sunny coldframe. Six months later I lifted them and soaked in GA3 and put them back in the cold frame. That brought on a small number of seedlings but it was at a total of twelve months old that they finally (nearly all) sprouted. The previous year I had exactly the same treatment and response. The plants were potted and put in the greenhouse and grew really fast and lanky. I think it best to not put in too big a pot and plant outside at 30 to 50cms high. | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 30th August 2014 10:45am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 1st September 2014 7:19am #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
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