Re: Propagating Oak & Elderberry
- Subject: Re: Propagating Oak & Elderberry
- From: J* G* a* O* P*
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:02:48 GMT
The message <002101c18925$b3fd4600$4297ed18@jaime>
from "Jaime Rodriguez" <jaime@matnet.com> contains these words:
> Elderberry has been very difficult in my experience. I think it must need
> to pass through the digestive tract of an animal or something. I have
> harvested the berries, cleaned them of pulp, and sown them outdoors and
> not had any germination in three years. I have not yet tried gibberilins
> (GA-3) or an acid wash, yet.
The only time I tried elder from seed they germinated well but I'm
not sure what I did different from you. I washed them, sowed them
straight away and put them outside. Perhaps they need to have a
sufficient period of relative warmth before the onset of winter.
It does take quite easily from cuttings as well though.
I also agree that seedlings are most often found away from a parent
plant, rather than just underneath so in some way birds presumably do
disperse them.
Janet G
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