family walk and out collecting pine cones

Winter field notes

Seed Stratification and Germination: Winter Field Notes

family walk and out collecting pine cones. This old stand was reforested after a fire fifty years ago, jack pine on the left and red pine on the right. #pine

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Jack pine are the easiest conifers to gather for seed because the serotinous cones stay closed until you warm them up, image 1 of 2

January 2023 Jack pine are the easiest conifers to gather for seed because the serotinous cones stay closed until you warm them up Read field note

drying some jack pine in the dehydrator to open up the serotinous cones, image 1 of 2

September 2023 drying some jack pine in the dehydrator to open up the serotinous cones Read field note

Seed Stratification and Germination: Winter Field Notes

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