Germination day
If any of these seeds make it out of here it might count as a miracle! I had designated today to be G-Day for the Japanese Maple seeds, it being six weeks since I first soaked and refrigerated them. The instructions said to allow between six to ten weeks and it was hard enough to wait six weeks so once the clock started ticking towards midnight last night I decided to go for it. In fact the clock had a fair bit to go towards midnight; it even had a bit to go towards ten o’clock last night when I moved them.
I had imagined an orderly progression here and that the Persian Pink Silk seeds that I bought three weeks ago would go into the hot press in another three weeks at which point the Japanese Maples should be starting to sprout. To keep up the momentum of this progression I bought some Tasmanian Eucalyptus (Citriodora) seeds today with the intention that they would begin their journey three weeks after the Persian Pink Silk.
I got the Eucalyptus seeds because they seem better suited to the indoor culture than the Maples. I still haven’t found out much about the Persian Pink Silk trees as regards how they do indoors. I think they stand somewhere between the Maple and Eucalyptus. My plan was that with every three weeks, a little more knowledge would be gained which could be used to give the succeeding seeds a better chance of, well, success.
This just goes to show how important it is to pay attention to the details! With my Maple seeds in the hot press some twelve hours and my Pink Silk seeds still in the fridge I sat down to read about how to treat the Tasmanian Eucalyptus seeds I now had. This was when I read the details I failed to read before: Such as that Japanese Maples should spend at least eight weeks in the fridge; that Persian Pink Silk trees should spend three; and that Tasmanian Eucalyptus should spend none!
So now my fridge is empty of bonsai seeds and my hot press has three different varieties trying to germinate amongst my bed linen. Ps. The fridge is also empty of beer. I must remember to get some more.
