Last year I also grew some ginkgo from seed. I can tell you my experience: around the time the fruits started falling I collected them (they were still plump and yellow). I took the seeds out, washed them using gloves, and put them in several types of soil. The seeds do not need stratification. I put the seeds in a greenhouse, watered them about 2 or 3 times a week and after about a month they started to germinate. They seemed indifferent to the soil. Germination rate close to 100%
When I crack open cherry pits, I use lock jaw pliers so I can set a maximum closure of the jaws. It keeps me from crushing the seed while still applying a maximum amount of pressure to the pit shell. This was a fun video to watch, thanks for putting it out.
Perfect! I ordered Ginkgo seeds. I am watching and reading everything possible on them before I attempt to start them! I have 20 seeds and my fingers crossed!
Thanks for sharing!.This video comes very handy for me. I've just discovered a female Ginko tree growing in a park near my home and there were lot of fruits and seed all over the place. First time I saw ginko fruits and seeds and I got what you mean about the smell.. .😂. Wish me luck with my seeds!. Thanks again for sharing!.
Thanks for sharing, Jelle! Coincidentally I was just researching how to grow ginkgo from seeds as i wanted to try it my self later this year. One interesting tip I read online was on how to deal with the smell. When collecting the seeds, you can drop them into a bucket mixed with some baking soda. Since the main component of the smells comes from acids, neutralizing it with some base chemical could help with reducing the smell during the transport or cleaning process
Hi Jelle, nice video, no simple way to clean collected seeds, but I’ve found that putting them in a 5 gallon bucket, and using a paint mixer on the end of a drill to vigorously mix them several times removes the outer layer, as well as can damage the seeds a bit providing scarification. I’ve had good success with this method. Cheers!
The only missing tree at my balcony. Ginkgo might be the best and the worst Bonsai. In a pot they usually do not live long enough to be an epic tree for your great great grandchild. However they can become incredibly old when they regrow from the bottom up in nature. I´m impressed by these more then weird trees and I love the yellow leaves in autumn.
Last year I found a female ginkgo tree that had dozens of seedlings growing around the perimeter. This was in late summer (Upstate New York). You can bet I snatched a bunch of them and planted them in pots. They’re all doing great, almost a year later. I also gathered a bunch of seeds from other ginkgo trees to try to germinate. However, Mother Nature really was the best source! I didn’t have to do anything to get those seedlings!
I think it would be easier separating the seed from the pulp / cleaning them using a big Sieve. Just under a running faucet outside, weare disposable gloves and eun your hands on top of the feuits separating the fruit tissues from seed.
Hallo Jelle, ik geniet van de filmpjes. Ik zag aflevering van gingko zaden. Mijn ervaring met kana’s zaden is dat ik de schil op een plaats deed vijlen en dan 24 uur in lauw water laten
Just a note on ginkgo, even if you only plant male trees, as city planners have done for years in many communities, the trees will actually change sex to produce seeds in order to allow for propagation. I know hard to believe, but I’ve seed it happening several cities.
Your pest issues seem to be a challenge? Try sprinkling cinnamon &cayenne pepper on the top of your seed pots, it should act as a deterrent to mice and slugs, as well as being a strong anti fungal agent. Keep growing!
hm.. This year even nets did not work. I collected thousands of slugs from the garden. It was a horribly wet year. Twice normal rainfall and no dry periods
Last year I also grew some ginkgo from seed. I can tell you my experience: around the time the fruits started falling I collected them (they were still plump and yellow). I took the seeds out, washed them using gloves, and put them in several types of soil. The seeds do not need stratification. I put the seeds in a greenhouse, watered them about 2 or 3 times a week and after about a month they started to germinate. They seemed indifferent to the soil. Germination rate close to 100%
excellent!👍
When I crack open cherry pits, I use lock jaw pliers so I can set a maximum closure of the jaws. It keeps me from crushing the seed while still applying a maximum amount of pressure to the pit shell. This was a fun video to watch, thanks for putting it out.
that is a cool tip. Now I need to find me a pair of those. I am sure I used to have them!
Perfect! I ordered Ginkgo seeds. I am watching and reading everything possible on them before I attempt to start them! I have 20 seeds and my fingers crossed!
Wonderful! In the end, they germinated quite well.
Thanks for sharing!.This video comes very handy for me. I've just discovered a female Ginko tree growing in a park near my home and there were lot of fruits and seed all over the place. First time I saw ginko fruits and seeds and I got what you mean about the smell.. .😂. Wish me luck with my seeds!. Thanks again for sharing!.
Do not smell your hands for a week!
Thanks for sharing, Jelle!
Coincidentally I was just researching how to grow ginkgo from seeds as i wanted to try it my self later this year. One interesting tip I read online was on how to deal with the smell. When collecting the seeds, you can drop them into a bucket mixed with some baking soda. Since the main component of the smells comes from acids, neutralizing it with some base chemical could help with reducing the smell during the transport or cleaning process
cool tip!
Hi Jelle, nice video, no simple way to clean collected seeds, but I’ve found that putting them in a 5 gallon bucket, and using a paint mixer on the end of a drill to vigorously mix them several times removes the outer layer, as well as can damage the seeds a bit providing scarification. I’ve had good success with this method. Cheers!
:)
Really great experiment! Will have to revisit my previous germination attempts.
please do!
The only missing tree at my balcony. Ginkgo might be the best and the worst Bonsai. In a pot they usually do not live long enough to be an epic tree for your great great grandchild. However they can become incredibly old when they regrow from the bottom up in nature. I´m impressed by these more then weird trees and I love the yellow leaves in autumn.
also as a bonsai they can get really old. Not aure why gou assume they wont..?
Last year I found a female ginkgo tree that had dozens of seedlings growing around the perimeter. This was in late summer (Upstate New York). You can bet I snatched a bunch of them and planted them in pots. They’re all doing great, almost a year later. I also gathered a bunch of seeds from other ginkgo trees to try to germinate. However, Mother Nature really was the best source! I didn’t have to do anything to get those seedlings!
great! Here the municipality cleans up at some point..
Fun to watch, thanks for the experiment:)
thx!
thx!
Nice video jelle keep up the good work mate thanks
thanks a lot again!
I am so much better at seed termination than germination. I should have my own channel about that.
hreat idea! Mesmirized by failed seeds😂
I get good results by cleaning seeds, stratifying in the refrigerator and planting outside in the spring protected from squirrels.
Sounds great!
I think it would be easier separating the seed from the pulp / cleaning them using a big Sieve. Just under a running faucet outside, weare disposable gloves and eun your hands on top of the feuits separating the fruit tissues from seed.
give it a try and let me know!
Very good informative video 👍🏻
:)
peroxide in the water works well for cleaning or soaking seeds. helps with germination rates too. i use the 3%
not sure how it influences germination?
Hallo Jelle, ik geniet van de filmpjes. Ik zag aflevering van gingko zaden. Mijn ervaring met kana’s zaden is dat ik de schil op een plaats deed vijlen en dan 24 uur in lauw water laten
yes!
Great video, Jelle, thanks. Female Ginko trees are banned where I live in Ontario.
Just a note on ginkgo, even if you only plant male trees, as city planners have done for years in many communities, the trees will actually change sex to produce seeds in order to allow for propagation. I know hard to believe, but I’ve seed it happening several cities.
@@kylepurvis6231 good to know! Thanks
yeah, often happens that the fruits are not welcome!
Awesome
thx!
been looking for ginko to get seed or cuts from
Hm.. Enschede in nl has a big female tree :)
Your pest issues seem to be a challenge? Try sprinkling cinnamon &cayenne pepper on the top of your seed pots, it should act as a deterrent to mice and slugs, as well as being a strong anti fungal agent. Keep growing!
hm.. This year even nets did not work. I collected thousands of slugs from the garden. It was a horribly wet year. Twice normal rainfall and no dry periods
👍👌🙂
thx :D