Re: Norway Pine

I think pines have a high incidence of empty seed coats, but I'm not sure.
I know my own experience with looking for pine seeds (usually to eat them
*shrug* to each their own) was that they tend to be released from layers of
the cone as the cone opens.  My bust luck capturing them as a child was to
pick a full sized, but totally green and resinous, cone, and place it in my
coat pocket until such a time as I later discovered it.

I have no idea if the seeds I found this way were at all viable.  I seem to
have momentarily misplaced Deno's germination guides, so I can't relay what
he's published.

Best of luck,
Glider

At 02:33 PM 2/9/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>A friend of mine asked me about planting norway pine from seeds in
>pinecones. I didn't (don't) know a thing about it. I did a little
>reading on the internet and basically came up with:
>1-take cone inside.
>2-Dry for 2 or three days
>3-Shake seeds out of cone
>4-Plant
>    The cones which he's gathered and dried seem to have nothing in
>them. Don't rattle when shaken as the article suggested they would. We
>thought perhaps the seeds had already been shed or eaten so we went to
>the tree, got some down and followed steps 1-3. Still no seed.
>    Can anyone provide some information.
>Thanks so much.
>Pat
>--
>Pat Turcotte
>Equestrian Portraiture & Illustration
>www.patturcotte.com
>
>
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