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From: mmr@ritcv.UUCP (Margaret Reek)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Starting trees from seeds
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Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 15:32:18 EST
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> Somewhat taken aback by the high cost of tree saplings, I would like to try 
> my hand at starting trees from seeds.  Has anyone out there had any 
> experience witht this?  (How should the seeds be stored and prepared? 
> Should they be started inside and when? ...)  In particular I'd like to 
> start some Dogwoods and Japanese Maples.
> 

	There are places that make trees available for very reasonable prices.
Here in NY there are various tree programs run by state agencies that are very
cheap.  One is run by the Department of Environmental Conservation and the
other by the Soil Conservation Department.  The DEC offers bundles of 100-1000
trees for about 5 cents a tree; the Soil folks offer bundles of 10 trees for
$5.50.  They offer about 30 kinds of trees or more.  You might check with your
local Cooperative Extension to see if your area has any programs of this type.
It would probably be faster than growing them from seed.  Good luck.

				Margaret Reek
				Rochester Institute of Technology
				rochester!ritcv!mmr