Tomatoville® Gardening Forums


Notices

General information and discussion about cultivating herbs.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old March 30, 2008   #1
tomatoaddict
Moderator
 
tomatoaddict's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: zone 5
Posts: 1,459
Default Bay Laurel Tree from seed

Has anyone grown this from seed before. I received a bunch of seed from a French grower and have heard it is hard to germinate. Any help would be appreciated.
__________________
Secretseedcartel.com
tomatoaddict is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 30, 2008   #2
remy
Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator
 
remy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Z6 WNY
Posts: 2,354
Default

Hi Terry,
From what I know, they take a long time to germinate. If you don't have any luck(though I hope you do!) you can have a sucker from mine.
Remy
__________________
"I wake to sleep and take my waking slow"
-Theodore Roethke

Yes, we have a great party for WNY/Ontario tomato growers every year on Grand Island!
Owner of The Sample Seed Shop
remy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 31, 2008   #3
Worth1
Tomatovillian™
 
Worth1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
Default

As slow as it grows your grand children will get to use it in their old age.

Worth
Worth1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old April 1, 2008   #4
gardenhappy
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: PLANT CITY
Posts: 255
Default BAY SEEDS

1 Time i got seeds from bays to germinate for me here is how i get almost every hard shell seed to germinate:
soak seeds overnight
get a coffie filter wet and put the seeds in it and then fold it in half both ways so you have 3 thicknesses on 1 side and 1 on the other,then i place it into a plastic baggie,blow a little air in,not a balloons worth just enough to lift the plastic a little,then place on a heat mat,seeds will germinate in 3 to 10 days,check daily and keep damp/wet,not soaking wet and turn,the seeds that require light put a lamp over them,using this i have gone from hardley any germination to almost 100%,I can now grow friuts,plants of HARD seeds with hardley any problems
a good resource for this method is :
www.gardenstore-n-more.com
Good luck and let us know if this worked for you !!!
gardenhappy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old April 1, 2008   #5
tomatoaddict
Moderator
 
tomatoaddict's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: zone 5
Posts: 1,459
Default

Thanks Garden, that was so helpful.
Do you zip the plastic baggie shut? I know that sounds like a silly question, I just want to make sure that I do it right.
__________________
Secretseedcartel.com
tomatoaddict is offline   Reply With Quote
Old April 1, 2008   #6
gardenhappy
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: PLANT CITY
Posts: 255
Default plant

YEs, zip it shut and make sure if it's on a heat mat that you check it daily for water and turn the seed,i do morning and night.If you go to that site and look for the starting seeds ,cilck on to it and she has full color picture by picture how to do this.
gardenhappy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old April 2, 2008   #7
tomatoaddict
Moderator
 
tomatoaddict's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: zone 5
Posts: 1,459
Default

Whoo hooo! I am so happy someone knew how to do this. I hated the idea of wasting that seed.
Thanks again!
__________________
Secretseedcartel.com
tomatoaddict is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:46 PM.


★ Tomatoville® is a registered trademark of Commerce Holdings, LLC ★ All Content ©2022 Commerce Holdings, LLC ★