- Grow beech seedlings yourself
- Sow beech or propagate by cuttings
- Buy beech seedlings from the nursery
If you want to plant a beech tree in the garden or create a whole beech hedge, you need seedlings, i.e. young beech trees. You can grow seedlings yourself or buy them ready-made in stores. How to grow the seedlings yourself.
Beech seedlings are quite easy to grow - or simply dig up in the forest
Grow beech seedlings yourself
You can grow beech seedlings yourself. There are three different ways to do this:
- sowing
- cuttings
- moss
A prerequisite for self-breeding is the presence of a viable beech tree, on which beechnuts will grow, or a beech hedge, from which you can cut cuttings.
Mossing off beech seedlings is not easy and is usually only practiced by experienced gardeners.
Sow beech or propagate by cuttings
When you grow beech from beechnuts, beech seedlings initially develop, which only consist of a small stalk and two leaves. They are preferably cared for in a pot until they have developed enough leaves and are planted out as a seedling.
Attention: Beech seeds only germinate if they have gone through a longer period of cold. This overcomes the germ inhibition.
Take cuttings from a beech that is not too old, in the spring. The cuttings are placed in a pot or in the ground on the spot. It took a few months before the cuttings sprout and can be cultivated as seedlings.
Buy beech seedlings from the nursery
If you need something quick or you can't get hold of beech seeds or cuttings, buy beech seedlings from specialist retailers.
You have the choice of buying a larger seedling for a single tree or smaller specimens for a hedge. The price of hedge plants is significantly lower than that of a single tree.
Beech seedlings are also offered online. Here the small trees are often quite inexpensive. However, you will not receive any detailed advice and no compensation if the beech does not grow. At a local specialist company, you will almost always be reimbursed for the price of a beech seedling that has not taken root.
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In principle, a beech as a single tree or many small beeches for a beech hedge can be grown from each seedling. The later size and spread depends solely on the pruning of the beech.