I put two seeds in each bag with a wad of damp toilet paper.
Almost a hundred bags of apple seeds. Lots of crispin from our old place, some macs and an assortment of unknown varieties.
I tucked them all into an empty cardboard box- they're supposed to stay in the dark- and then down to the cold room. Now to ignore them until April or so...
I am so impressed. I am so envious. I so don't have lots of room and probably not enough time to see fruits of apple tree harvests...lol.
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Only problem with that method is the roots will grow into the paper towel.. and with trees, that's a tap root.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good way to check seed germination, but transplanting from it gets tricky, even when you keep an eye on it. If you catch seeds *JUST* as the sprout, moving them is easy.. even a day delay and it can be a mess.
Good luck with your garden!!
Why is that a problem? Paper towels are biodegradable. I put the paper towel and seed sprout in the pots, and covered with soil. I suppose it might be an issue if both seeds sprouted and you wanted to keep them, but I only got one sprout from each of two bags the first time I started trees.
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