From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 9:28:03 PM UTC-4, T wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   I believe that blackberries grow on second year stems.   
      
   Paul   
      
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