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27-10-2007, 08:10 PM
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| | | Magnolia Seed Pods
For the first time ever, my magnolia is bearing seed pods. They are quite spectacular things.... 
I wonder if they will germinate if I plant them. Anyone have experience with them?
Jenny |
27-10-2007, 08:24 PM
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| | | Re: Magnolia Seed Pods
Wow, they really are pretty and vibrant. Our magnolia tree has never had seed pods. |
27-10-2007, 08:38 PM
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| | | Re: Magnolia Seed Pods
thats a first for me too,there are lots of magnolia trees around here but never seen them go to seed,are you going to grow some.? |
27-10-2007, 09:04 PM
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| | | Re: Magnolia Seed Pods
I noticed these in the garden the other day and took a while to realise what they were! A grey squirrel was quicker on the uptake - I saw one scurrying off across the lawn with a whole pod in its mouth.
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27-10-2007, 09:49 PM
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| | | Re: Magnolia Seed Pods
I have just looked them up in my book and it says to sow them in peaty compost in a cold frame. They take 12-18 months to germinate!
I did not realise that squirrels would eat them. If that is the case, the squirrels will probably demolish them before I get any planted.
They look a bit like smarties, actually.
Jenny |
27-10-2007, 09:53 PM
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| | | Re: Magnolia Seed Pods
they will germinate,the problem is,the time they take,they are more likely to be eaten,than something that germinates quickly,bobbo |
28-10-2007, 10:34 AM
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| | | Re: Magnolia Seed Pods
We have a huge Magnolia and it has only set seed once in the ten years or so we've been here. Not this year but two years ago (?) - since I'd never seen seeds before I thought they were galls .... 
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