- 1). Read about the type of tree that you are going to grow a seed from. Some tree seeds require stratification to grow. Others can be planted immediately. If you can plant a seed without stratifying it, skip Step 4.
- 2). Wash your seeds completely to clean them of any remaining fruit pulp or nut fragments. Discard any seeds that float. These seeds are not viable. Place the seeds on a paper towel to air dry.
- 3). Fill a canning jar with slightly damp peat moss. Place the seeds inside the jar and mix with peat moss. Place the jar in your refrigerator. Leave the seeds in the refrigerator for 120 days. This process will stratify the seeds.
- 4). Fill a peat container with peat moss. Wet the container until the peat moss is as damp as a wrung-out sponge.
- 5). Open a planting hole in the peat moss that is twice as deep as the seed at its widest point. Place the seed in the hole and cover with peat moss.
- 6). Place a plastic sandwich bag over the peat container. Secure the bag to the container with a rubber band. Place the peat pot just out of direct sunlight in a sunny windowsill. Remove the plastic sandwich bag when the seedling appears above the surface of the soil.
- 7). Turn the container every few days so that the seedling grows evenly into a sapling. Continue to check the soil and water any time the container becomes dry. The peat moss should stay as damp as a wrung-out sponge.
- 8). Move the sapling outside into the shade when all danger of frost passes. After a week, the sapling will be hardened off and ready to be moved into its permanent location.
- 9). Dig a planting hole for the sapling that is slightly larger than the tree's root ball. Place the root ball of the tree into the hole and cover with soil. Water well to help the roots become established.
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