Duncan McAlpine wrote: > > ABIES > Hardy tree > Silver Fir > Germination Temp 68F > Germination Time: 1-3 months > Sow seeds 1/8 in deep in sandy compost in early spring or outdoors in > wee prepared soil in late spring. Prick out the seedlings into a nursery > bed when they are large enough to handle and grow on for two to three > years before planting out into their permanent positions in late autumn > or late spring. The grow best in cool humind areas like my backyard. > -- Duncan: I worked one summer in a forest tree nursery... The BALSAM fir trees there had to be kept covered with a black netting to provide shade, I'm wondering if all fir trees must be required to have shade...as in the forest o'natural??? Wanda: ex-forester