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Title: How To Germinate Japanese Maple Seeds Easily
Category: Pollenated
Blog Entry: Every year we offer FRESH, new season Japanese Maple Tree Seeds . These are the same seeds we sow in our nursery, so you are going to get the best quality seed I can find - with the best germination potential available. You'll find lots of references to how hard it is to germinate Japanese maple tree seeds. Hmmm - We find it REALLY EASY! You see when you buy on eBay or even from most of the top seeds catalogs, you're typically getting old, dry seed. And DRY versus FRESH is what matters. You need to soak dry seed in water and hope it rehydrates enough to come alive. Often it doesn't, so this is the source of the "conventional wisdom" about Japanese maple tree seed germination. With our fresh seed there's a little known "nursery secret" that we'll share with you as a valued member of our Japanese Maple Network! Just put the fresh seed into a zipper bag, keep it in the refrigerator (don't freeze it) and go do something else for 3-4 months! Our seed typically goes in the fridge in November-December each year. By March we've got seeds germinating with rootlets poking out of the seed case ready to simply plant out. Ken P.S. We can ship seeds internationally!