If you got cedar cones in your hands , then you can try to grow a wonderful tree from seeds. With a little effort, you can get a wonderful seedling. In detail about how to plant a cedar from a nut, our article will tell. Follow all recommendations, and the result will be.
First option
There are several different ways to grow cedar from a nut. In any case, stratification of the seeds is required - this means that they must be kept at low temperature for several months. If you are going to grow a cedar from a nut house, then you need to simulate the natural conditions in which this tree grows. If you received the seeds in late summer or early autumn, then you just need to plant them in loose soil - then next spring you will get seedlings. Of course, only if the planting material is of high quality.
How to grow a cedar from a nut? Second option
This method resembles the forcing of bulb flowers (hyacinths, tulips).
First you need to prepare the land (or buy ready-made). Ideally, this should be a mixture of sawdust and sand. Place the seeds in the prepared soil, moisten it a little with the help of a spray bottle and put in the refrigerator (on the lower shelf), where the seeds should spend at least three months. As it dries, the soil needs to be moistened a little, but not much. Three months later, the seeds are removed from the refrigerator (it is better if this happens in the spring) and treated with a non-concentrated solution of potassium permanganate. They must spend two days in solution.
Germinate seeds should be in a prepared mixture of sand and sawdust.
How to grow a cedar from a nut? Accelerated method
If you cannot spend three months stratifying the seeds, you can use the accelerated stratification method.
But in this case, you must strictly follow the step-by-step instructions, only then you can count on the results. The quality of the seeds is also very important - these should be clean and ripened pine nuts, with a pleasant smell and without traces of mold or any other suspicious spots. Gnaw a few pieces from the batch that you are going to sow - you should feel the cedar aroma and see a clean, dense pulp in every nut. Hatch the seeds, rinse with warm water (you can rub a little with a soft toothbrush - this will clear them of resin, and it will be easier to get moisture from the substrate into the seed). After preparation - the stage of stratification itself. Seeds are placed in cold water. Its temperature should be no higher than zero degrees. They are kept in this state for three or four days. It is necessary to monitor the temperature of the water - it should not heat up, otherwise everything will go down the drain. This can be achieved by periodically adding, for example, ice cubes. Carefully monitor the capacity in which your nuts are placed for stratification. You will see that some of them will sink to the bottom. This is a very important stage. The fact that the nuts sink to the bottom of the container means that they are suitable for planting. Poor remain at the top. There will be about half of them. Take out those that have lowered, plant them in a prepared soil mixture (its temperature should be equal to fifteen degrees Celsius). Now you know as many as three ways to grow cedar from a nut.