American Elderberry Seeds - 50 Seeds to Plant - Sambucus - Non-GMO Seeds, Grown and Shipped from Iowa. Made in USA

Received my seeds and they look like they are in great condition. None are crushed or damaged. I see a lot of negative reviews about them not germinating. Elderberry takes a long time to propargate. Like 2 years sometimes longer. They have to be double stratified which means a warm cold cycle twice to wake the seeds up because they have such a dense covering. I mix seed starter and a little sand in a baggie and put them near the heater for around 3 months. (I am leaving in my green house for the summer this time) you want them kept around 68 degrees or more. Then place the bag in the fridge on the bottom shelf of your door for around 12 to 14 weeks. I put my bag in a container to avoid being crushed accidently. After you remove the bag from the fridge you can plant them. I start mine in pots in the fall moving them indoors when i see the first snow flakes start to fall and i use grow lights on a 12 hour timer. You won't start to see sprouts until after a year, (sometimes closer to 2). Once you see sprouts you can safely transplant them outdoors to their permanent home. I move the pots from indoors and outside during the warm months and back indoors once fall starts until I see them sprouting. You have to have patience to grow elderberry. If you want a quicker grow time you can propargate elderberry from trimmings as they will root from trimmings

won''t sprout

Look forward to using this item.

Small seeds need to be scored, then cold striated… nothing has germinated yet

I put them in the fridge for a week, and then put them into a flat. There was no germination at all. I will have to buy some plants from a nursery or Lowes, now. I want to have them in ground this year. They seem to be expensive, though, so I will not get nearly enough to plant on this creek.

not as much as i thought oh well besides driver went next door i was putting trash out for pick up i yelled said this house not listen goes off finally comes back and stops i step out side point to my house nbr and tell them my house is the last one on railroad st the big house is sanders st also said not get close as i am still sick.

Deceased didn’t grow any plants

I bought the Judas Tree Seeds and the American Elderberry seeds from CZ in May. I am an avid gardener. I watched their videos pertaining to both seeds and followed their instructions exactly. I have only had one seed out of them all sprout. I reached out to the company and have gotten no response.