Found a surefire way to start Bee-Bee trees, by accident. I received an order of seeds, sowed them in a flat, just covering the seed, watered the flat, and covered it in saran wrap. Placed in a warm location. Monitored moisture level, and waited. And waited, and waited. Nothing. About three to four months later, I forgot about them, one of my pets pulled the saran wrap off and the flat dried out. Death Valley level of drying out. About 5 months later I noticed them again, thought, "Well, they are probably toast, but I have noting to lose, and watered them again. A couple of weeks later, the flat just exploded. I have over 60 trees.
I wonder if the area of Korea they are native to has a dry season, or if maybe they trigger to a drought followed by rain?
JC
Maybe the seeds weren't stratified when you got them. Causing them not to grow but remain dormant till they were ready.
Supposedly the person I got them from stratified them before I bought them, and I followed up doing more cold, moist stratification in the fridge. Maybe not long enough. I posted this more for the "don't give up" knowledge that anything. That and that apparently a wet/dry/wet stratification process works as well or better than a warm/cold/warm one. I had tried growing bee-bee trees the year before using the cold method, and got a grand total of two.
JC
I used the tea stratifying method on Robs website and got 72 out of 72. Planted some, gave lots away and still have some in pots.
Hope I have the same luck :)
http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/gardening/seed-germination/ (http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/gardening/seed-germination/)
How long does it take these trees to begin flowering?