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EDNY:
Don't know how many of you guys are into planting...I have planted over 10,000 trees around here ,...one at a time over several years.

Over those years we have received Omaha Steak deliveries and I always save the Styrofoam boxes.

I use them to stratify chestnuts and general seeds.  I make a mix of peat moss and potting soil, dampen the mix, drop in my seeds and place the container out in the unheated barn.  The area needs to be in a dark area..no sunlight..you want the cold.  Normally do this late November and open them up in early Spring to remove the rooted seeds.

If you have a problem with squirrels...a little shot of spray on undercoating around the seam and weight on top helps!

sixball:
Good tip, Thanks. I have been able to get some aspens started here but they need a lot of water so They will only take near the springs. I think I have killed the Ponderosa pines and Douglas firs by over watering. I keep trying to restore some of the native trees that were removed in the mining days.  Man ED, 10,000 is a lot of trees! I wonder if Johnny Appleseed planted that many?

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