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Thu, Sep 24, 09 at 19:12
| I picked up some seeds next to a Live Oak tree.
- How do I start a tree from seed? - Do I need to wait first for the seed to dry out? Please advise. smc |
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| Quercus virginiana: "Seed quickly loses viability if it is allowed to dry out. It can be stored moist and cool overwinter but is best sown as soon as it is ripe in an outdoor seed bed, though it must be protected from mice, squirrels etc. Small quantities of seed can be sown in deep pots in a cold frame. Plants produce a deep taproot and need to be planted out into their permanent positions as soon as possible, in fact seed sown in situ will produce the best trees" (In Situ - sown where the tree is intended to grow) |
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| In your area, if you are in fact in the west, I would think it is Quercus agrifolia, "Coast Live Oak" but the advice given is the same. Al |
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- Posted by undercover_owl 8 Pac.NW (My Page) on Mon, Oct 5, 09 at 19:09
| The website tomclothier.hort.net has a helpful tree seed germination database. |
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