The Hawthorn Journey

The Hawthorn Journey - Extracting Hawthorn Seeds by De-Pulping

In this video hawthorn seeds are extracted by removing the pulp from the haws collected from the islands of Malta and Gozo. De-pulping is intended to help with a higher rate of the seeds' germination....mimicking the effect of ingestion of the haws by animals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7QqXedH5x8&fbclid=IwAR1CNLldNTqQ23-VFacxEugk_KROIKRLCOZoTe1iAr1RU9_1JOqFgNtSsfE

The Hawthorn Journey - Outdoor Wintering of some of the 'Extracted' Hawthorn seeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-3mAwe3bQ&fbclid=IwAR3SsuonQtjCTXuMBuvm_F3KQ9hTt36CbV-rCll1RuIwjU5Jjsja9waR9Fk

Some of the ‘extracted seeds’ i.e. seeds deliberately extracted from the fruit pulp are wintered outdoors in small-granulated pumice. They are placed against a north facing wall. Hopefully some of the seeds will germinate in the spring, but most will probably take another year.