From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 7/26/19 6:47 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
      
      
   I had a feeling.   
      
   Oh now I feel like a vulture waiting for something to die   
      
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