Sugar Maple
(Acer Saccharum)
This part of the blog started January 27, 2022
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The Source
The Source
these seeds were bought online from a seller on etsy (NorthwoodsNursery) these seeds were sourced by the seller in Pennsylvania.
January 27th, 2022
Soaking of the Sugar maple seeds
Soaking of the Sugar maple seeds
February 2nd, 2022
As soon as the seeds arrived, i unpacked them , excised most of the seed (removed from pericarp) and soaked the seeds in cold water in the fridge (34-36 F) to leach out inhibitors.
Cold stratifying
Cold stratifying
February 3rd, 2022
After the cold water soak for 24 hours, i removed the seeds and spread them out on a moist paper towel and folded it, and put the towel in a ziplock bag. then i put the bag in the back of the fridge, since sugar maple seeds favor close to freezing temperatures (34-36 F) to sprout. i removed part of the testa of one seed and exposed he embryo inside.
After 3 days
After 3 days
February 6, 2022
After 3 days, i decided to check the sugar maple seeds. when i opened the paper towel, there was a surprise. One seed already sprouted! in just 3 days! thats absurd!, although it was the only one to do so. That really made my day :))
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