AboutTom Alonzo Expertise I have been growing plants from seeds for at least 20 years. I have grown literally hundreds of different kinds of vegetables, trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, tropicals, some cacti, water plants, iris, rose, lilies, cannas, etc. I enjoy starting from seed.
Experience I've been growing my own seeds for 20 years with indoor propagation equipment I built myself. I am also an Allexperts volunteer on the perennial forum. I have completed the Master Gardener course through the Kansas State University Extension. I have experience with a wide variety of seeds and I have also read through Norm Deno's books on seed germination.
Question September last year I collected 600+ Hickory Nuts with the intent to implement them into a landscape project. I packaged them in bags of wet peat 55 a bag) to temporarily store them. Needless to say, the owner of the project didn't want to go forward and one year later the roots look spectacular (4 - 8 inches long and healthy). The roots were intertangled but easily isolated. Many are straight, many are corky, and others are short. Now that the cold season is coming and the stratification has already happened, do they have a chance in the ground now? Can they be containerized?
Answer Hi Mark,
Thanx for your question. If you can get the seedlings into the ground now and give them a good mulch, most of them should be able to make it through the winter. Yes, you can conatinerize them and then when dormant, store them in a dark, cold garage or shed and water them once a week. I hope this helps.
Tom
