Re: Red Buckeye
HI:
I accidentally stumbled upon how to germinate this species of tree. I have a
horsechestnut which drops many seeds. One fall I raked up piles of them and
did not get around to carting them away; then the following spring many
germinated, but because they were in a pile and the "rootlet" couldn't find
soil I had to find a better place for them, and many of them "took". Perhaps
there is a gas given off which induces germinaion , when they are left on
the ground overwinter just "where they fall" they do not seem to germinate.
Wanda
----- Original Message -----
From: <RCleven@aol.com>
To: <propagation@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 11:45 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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