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kylerprochaska:
im sure I missed quite a few I was being pretty picky with em

Eric Krewson:
Commercial growers all use tree shelters for seedlings. I suspect these tube like shelters would greatly increase the growth rate of osage.

I have grown a bunch of osage seedlings in the past, gave them all away to folk who wanted to try to grow their own bow staves.

I sprouted a bunch of pecan trees from nuts last year and will try the tree shelters on a few of the seedlings to see how well they work.

Pat B:
Your seeds will not sprout or "take root" in the refrigerated baggie. What the chill period does is break the dormancy of the seed which will allow them yo germinate when planted. It may take 2 weeks to a month for the germination to take place after planting.

mullet:
 I brought home some seeds from SC a few years ago and sprouted them in those little Plant Rooting kits you get from Ace Hardware. They came up in two weeks.

kylerprochaska:
Thanks for all the help guys Pat I put them in the paper towels because i didn't have any sand handy.  Im also trying the "slurry" method to break the dormancy.  I had one that was still soft so I put it in a small bucket full of water and I am going to freeze it and let it thaw and continue the process until it turns into a mush.  I will then poor the slurry into a larger planter and see if they come up.  The other seeds I will leave in the fridge for a month and then plant them in a seed starting kit and see what happens.  Never learn by not doing anything right  :P

-Ky

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