From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 7/26/19 6:02 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 5:45:01 PM UTC-4, T wrote:   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> In my never ending quest to grow a Jeffery pine, I   
   >> found a couple of green pine cones that the wind   
   >> blew off a Jeffery pine tree.  They had both started   
   >> to turn brown in spots.   
   >>   
   >> Now I have tried collecting mature pine cones, but the   
   >> varmints and wind have always clean out all the seeds.  So   
   >> I figured I just put the green cones in an open cardboard   
   >> box in the garage safely away from varmints and let the   
   >> mature.   
   >>   
   >> Your thoughts?   
   >>   
   >> -T   
   >   
   > Maybe you could try burying them in the box with some potting soil and keep   
   moist. I'm not sure if they'll sprout that way but it might be worth a try.   
   We're at the end of blackberry season here in Maryland, so I'm going to try   
   planting a few to see if    
   they grow.   
   >   
   > Paul   
   >   
      
   The seeds have to come out of the cone first and the   
   cone pedals are tighter than a drum.   
      
   Oh you know in the wild, varmints harvest the seeds and bury   
   them for later in the winter, then forget where they buried   
   them.  And with some squirrel cussing, plant future forests.   
      
   My Arapaho Blackberry are loving the pampering.  All four of   
   them make it though the winter as 2" transplants from the   
   vendor.  Make I will get some berries this year?  Probably not.   
      
   The choke berries (not cherries) are also loving the pampering,   
   but no sign of berries or flowers yet.  The are vividly pretty   
   in the fall when shed their leaves.   
      
   The two Bilberries are also loving the pampering and are   
   rewarding me with a ton of leaves.  Fruit next year maybe?   
      
   The goji's are looking like a bumper crop.  Tiny little eye   
   pills (they are full of zeaxanthin and the same color as   
   zeaxanthin too).   
      
   -T   
      
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