this small bed of boxelder was ready to lift

this small bed of boxelder was ready to lift, high density kept them small, but it was also the first year for this nursery bed and we’re continuing to make them deeper by adding composted manure and wood chips. Thinking they should be transplanted into a larger bed in rows to size up next year. This might be our approach with many tree seeds, first year in a small starter bed then spread out and heavily mulched in a large in ground bed for the second year. The are benefits to the small bed in the first season, still sorting this process out and trying variations.