Re: Red Buckeye
- To: propagation@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Red Buckeye
- From: G* S*
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:09:19 -0500
I suspect that the nuts he gave you last year may have been old, and lost
viability. Remove the outer hulls and plant the new nuts ('conkers') at
once, for they lose viability very quickly good luck
geoff.
-----Original Message-----
From: RCleven@aol.com <RCleven@aol.com>
To: propagation@mallorn.com <propagation@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 10:38 AM
Subject: Red Buckeye
>A friend gave me a small bag of, what he called, Red Buckeye
(Horsechestnut)
>seeds which he had (recently) picked from the tree. They still have their
>outer hulls on them.
>
>Last year he gave me the bare "nuts" which had fallen on the ground. I
>planted them immediately just below the surface of the ground and I had no
>luck in their germination.
>
>What is the procedure for taking care of, and germinating these seeds?
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated!
>
>Ron Cleven
>Zone 5, N. E. Indiana
>
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