IN his Friday evening discourse at the Royal Institution on November 3 on “Germination of Seeds”, Sir Arthur Hill discussed the many ingenious devices for the protection of the seed and ...
The trick to getting a persimmon seed to germinate is to recreate its natural pre-germination conditions, in which the fruit seeds need a chilling period before leaving dormancy and sprouting.
Then, insert the seeds into the seedling container with the germination medium once the seedlings reach about an inch in length. However, if no sprouts appear after three months of stratification, ...