Re: Acer japonicum seeds

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• Subject: Re: Acer japonicum seeds
• From: b*@crosslink.net (Mildred Brooks)
• Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:18:28 -0500
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>At 12:52 AM 1/30/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>It should read Acer palmatum, not Acer japonicum. Anyhow most deciduous trees
>>require that their seeds be stratified. I got good results with store bought
>>apple seeds and yes i know they most likely wont produce palatable fruit. 
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>>BJ
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>>I have a Japanese Maple that is well established and the seeds germinate
>all over the yard. Seems it is not hard to get them to produce. If anyone
>wants seeds let me know and I will collect them. This tree is about twenty
>feet high.
>
>Irv Baker
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I too have gotten volunteers from my Japanese Maples.  Our trees are about
24 years old (actually older since they were bare root nursery plants when
my husband planted them in 1973).  Discovered the volunteers while mowing
under the trees.  Lovingly dug up and repotted about a dozen of the tiny
seedlings several years ago.  Don't know what I did wrong, but only one
survived.  Gave one to a friend who has a green house and never loses any of
her plants, and hers died too.  The seedling that lived is now about 20
inches high.

The problem with these trees is that these trees are very slow growers.
I'll be very old and grayer when this tree is grown.  They are so elegant I
can't wait forever to enjoy their full beauty.

Millie Brooks, Zone 7

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