Dear colleagues and customers,
We from the Arbor BG team want to wish you a successful new year.
Let us also tell you about the past part of our season. Late spring and summer rains affected harvesting of the fleshy broadleaves as : Cherry wild (Prunus avium), Crab apple (Malus sylvestris) and Common pear (Pyrus communis). The interesting thing about cherry wild (Prunus avium) was that, in addition to a poor harvest, the seed viability indicators were below 70%. For the other two species, the data were also below the minimum values according to literature data, respectively for Common pear (Pyrus communis) below 60% germination and for Crab apple (Malus sylvestris) below 70%. This shows the strong relationship between external factors (climatic conditions) and the quality and quantity of the harvest. For another year, we are convinced that in poor seed-bearing years, even if there are places (pots) with good seed-bearing, the qualities of the seed crop will most likely be unsatisfactory.
From the bushes this year, despite the difficult spring, there was a good harvest of Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris), Dogwood (Cornus mas), Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra), Golden Rain (Laburnum anagyroides) and others. Here we will focus only on some of our main gatherings this year. In the case of Lilac (Syringa vulgaris), despite the heavy rains and subsequent drought, there was a good harvest in terms of quality and quantity. Lilac germination was over 70%. There were also good results with the Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) harvest, the germination rate reached over 55%, which is quite satisfactory for the Common Elderberry.
This year, for the hard deciduous trees, the data we had reported during this year’s growing season were justified for a good harvest.Beech (Fagus sylvatica), after the past full seed-bearing year, expectedly did not have a good crop of interest for collection. Quite a few of the oaks had a good seed year this year. Pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens) had an excellent crop both in quantity and quality. Its germination rates exceeded 85%, a high rate for this species. We also had excellent germination percentages for the Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto) and Sessile oak (Quercus petraea). For Blaguna, the germination rate was over 80%, and for Sessile oak over 90%.
The season continues vigorously with coniferous species. Our focus with them this year will be the Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). We will also conduct a gathering at the classic species White pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Black pine (Pinus nigra). Despite expectations for a not so good harvest this season. So look out for conifer aggregates in the coming months.
We wish you best regards and successful year,
