Re: Forcing Paulownia

I like the chill hour concept.  I'll try to experiment by trying to take
cuttings of bud branches at various times into, say, December or at which
time I'm pretty sure the buds would be winter killed.

Thanks for the hint.


Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com


On 11/8/10 10:17 PM, "Sandusky Valley" <buckeye5@bright.net> wrote:

> I am not sure as to the minimum bud temperature, but I think it would be
> possible to force these. However, the question is how many chill hours would
> be needed for succesful bud break. Since this is a zone 9b hardy plant, I
> suspect the chill hours are low, say in in the 400 to 600 hour range. This
> would likely be rather quickly achieved in a Wisconsin fall and early
> winter.  However, my experience with these is minimal and limited to
> seedlings, so I may be wrong.
> 
> John
> Zone 5

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