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RE: How To: Pot Up Young Tree Seedlings - In this case: Kentucky Coffee Tree and Yellowhorn
I really enjoyed reading your post. I got a question, I am from a tropical country and I have been considering to start three propagation as well. Do you have any info about where to find proper educational material to start learning how to grow tropical trees from the seed?
As a bonsai tree hobbyist, may I insert some comments?
Every plant and tree has a different method. Do some research on the type you want to grow. Many tropical seeds will sprout just by keeping them in a plastic bag with a wet napkin, and kept in a warm windowsill. That's how I got my citrus trees started.
That is not true for all of trees. The trees in this post were started using scarification and stratification. Maybe @sagescrub can elaborate.
Awesome! I really love this kind of job, I have always dreamed of having a nice bonsai tree forest in the garden of my house. The scent that will fill all the garden will be just amazing! I will dig into some web material to learn how to properly grow those trees.
Right now I want to plant as many trees as I can, my house is near a place called "Los Guanabanos", it is the Spanish name for the Soursop tree. That place was called that way because of the huge number of those trees that once where all around...sadly today there is not even one left.
I intend to spread soursop trees everywhere in my city to recover these beautiful evergreen forests that we once had.
Best regards
That is great advice! In tropical environment I am guessing cold stratification is not needed except maybe for some species in higher elevations where it does get colder.
Moist, warm paper towel method is how I got started with seeds.. its a good place to start :)
Hey @joelsegovia! I don't have a LOT of experience with tropical trees but I can offer some advice:
I LOVE Plants for A Future database for finding Propagation and Cultivation notes about specific Species. You can search your favorite plants in their database. https://pfaf.org/ Sometimes it is hit or miss but often it is a hit!
Try an intro to horticulture book which would ideally outline basic propagation options such as Seed, Cutting, Root Division, Layering are the most common. Some plants work better with some propagation and not others.
When in doubt try a cutting or a seed in a pot and see what happens! It's fun to experiment.
Last but not least I recommend getting in touch with @el-nailul who is a tropical farmer and expert tropical plant propagator and I am sure he can answer your questions about specific species you are interested in.
Good luck!