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kylerprochaska:
I recently received 6 hedge apples and I want to pant them to see if I can start some trees....the apples are dry though....is this ok? if so does anyone have any experience in starting osage from seeds?  where do I start?

Thanks,
Kyler

Pat B:
From my plant book, The Manual Of Woody Landscape Plants, by Michael A. Dirr...."seeds exhibit a slight dormancy which can be overcome by stratification for 30 days at 41 deg(F) or by soaking in water for 48 hours".   
   Most woody plant seeds will go into a dormancy when dry and some even when fresh. This dormancy will need to be broken for the seeds to germinate.   The way I have heard of this being done with osage is to place the hedge apples in a bucket of water and let them over winter. In the spring pour the slurry of the pulp and seeds in a trench and cover it. After a short time they will germinate. In this situation I would allow the seedlings to grow until next spring then transplant them where you want them.   
   If you can clean the seeds from the dried fruit, I would place them in a zip lock bag with some damp(not wet) sand, place them in the refrigerator for a month then take them out and plant them. The month in the cool frig should break the dormancy and allow them to germinate.

Timo:
The slurry and trench method is the exact way I was told the old timers here in Mo. created all our hedge rows. We have miles and miles of them. ;

aero86:
no kidding.  just come to texas, you can get all you want..

HatchA:
Anyone feel like posting some seeds to Ireland...? ;)

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