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...very easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
I collected fresh seed from a tree in Lincoln, England, sowed shallowly in early Sept 2003. Left in a shady spot in cold greenhouse, germination started in about 30 days and continued in mild spells through Winter, temps normally day around 6 to 8C + or - a little, night sometimes not much less, occasional frost, one was to -9C, no damage! I have about 3 dozen plants still in same pot, (don't know how many sown but would say at least 50% germination). They are getting quite strong with up to 6 leaves about 10" tall, ready to pot up in March or later. The parent tree is green, but many seedlings have a red flush up stem and into leaves
Submitted on 18/02/2005 by Janet Rowley garymitsi@aol.com

...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Take polystir pot (soup pot) ,use medium (25% sand 75 %peat moss) and put the little seeds at the top cover with just 1-2 milimetres fine sand. Keep humid at room temperature (21-25 °C) first leaf appear within 3 weeks.
Submitted on 18/02/2004 by phil C trachycarpus@swing.be

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