Planting seeds from pine cone

[Anth]

Found a beautiful tree today, possibly a blue cedar but was at night and couldn't see the colour so well. I pulled a pine cone off it and it fell apart in my hand and I noticed seeds in it. I took the seeds and pulled another one cone off and took them home with the idea of planting the seeds. Is there a certain time that the seeds are ready to germinate and how do i know if they are developed enough to plant in a pot? Any advice or tips on what I should do now?

[kcpoole]

Check out this wiki page on GRowing from seed
https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/wiki/index. ... _from_seed

Plant in a seed tray in propagating sand / Mix and keep warm.
Should be OK now to sow

Ken

[Dumper]

i think if u propagate the seeds. u might not get a blue cedar. you might just get a normal seeder if it grow.
im not certain. but u can try and let us know the results

[shibui]

Cedrus seeds are ripe when the cones fall apart as you described. Just sow the seeds in seed raising mix or even normal potting mix. Cover the seed about 1/2 cm. They should show up in a few weeks at this time of year.

[Anth]

I planted half of them in seed raising mix , in seed tray the is on top of a tub of water that I put a aquarium heater in to keep them warm. I'm not sure if that's a good idea because of the humidity that's why I only sowed half of them. Kept the other half just in case. Will let you all know how it goes.