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jashar99 Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 44 Location: Mayo
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:21 pm Post subject: Propagating Silver Birch |
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Hi,I am just wondering if anyone has any experience with propogating silver birch? Have read one or two articles online that say it is very difficult. Thanks. jjashar99 |
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:41 am Post subject: |
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It depends on what you want to propagate? If it's just ordinary silver birch, Btula pendula or one of the other species, you can get seed and grow from that. If however you want one of the more ornamental varieties like 'Jaquemontii' then you will have to bud it onto a silver birch rootstock.
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medieval knievel Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:31 am Post subject: |
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i grew some silver birch from seed a year or two back. however, while theye were still small seedlings, the bed i was using to grow them in was used as a toilet by some cats, so that was the end of that. |
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jashar99 Rank attained: Hazel Tree


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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone, will look at the cold water seed treatment. Good article, thanks GPI |
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