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tulip tree
Pottie Pam
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My tulip tree ( liriodenron) flowered for the first time last year. I collected some seed and they are now in the bottom of the fridge as I read they have to have about 140 days chilling also that not many seeds are viable. Has anyone had success germinating them?
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Have you put the seeds in the fridge with moist compost or something else?
140 days is a long time, do they come from an area that is cold for that long?
I haven't tried these so can't offer first hand advice. If they were mine I would have sown them and stood the pots outside with all the other chilling seeds. I have more success with that than with artificial chilling. I think the natural ups and downs of temperature play a part as well as the cold
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Hi nutcutlet,
I was just following advice I read on internet. I put them in damp tissue paper in a sealed container. I think I'll do as you suggest and put some outside although in cornwall we don't get many frosts.
Just looked again and it is 90 days not 140 days
I find a lot of seeds germinate much more quickly if you save and sow them yourself. I assume they haven't gone completely dormant in that time, unlike a packet of seeds that would have to be completely dried before packeting
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