Any special method/process to planting this?

yms1975

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

I recently was walking by a Colorado Blue Spruce Tree, and this happens to be a tree I would like have. On the ground I noticed a couple of its seeds laying there.

I picked up two of them. They're not what I would consider typical seeds. They're a long cylindrical
-like shape with a tip. I've attached a picture so you can see what it looks like.I want to try and plant it and see if it grows. My questions are : 1) Is there any type of germination process
? 2) Does it matter which end of the seed is pointed upwards? If so, what's the correct way to face it?

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Huggorm

10 years ago

That's a cone, kind of a container for a bunch of smaller seeds. But it's open now, there are probably no seeds left in it.

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yms1975
Original Author
10 years ago
How can you tell it's open? Where is it open from?
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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
10 years ago
That's the cone; the small seeds are located in between those many scales. Turn the cone upside down and shake or tap the seeds out on a piece of paper. See what I mean?

That cone looks a little bit the worse for wear. The seeds may have already dehisced.
Dan _Staley (5b Sunset 2B AHS 7)
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
I doubt there are many seeds in that cone, if any.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
10 years ago
it looks many years old .... what they said

ken
edlincoln
10 years ago
The usual process is to take a few of those off the tree that haven't opened yet, and put them in a paper bag. Eventually they will open and the seeds wll scatter in the bag.

If you are doing this because you think it is fun, go for it. However Blue Spruce are a mass produced tree and it is usually less trouble to buy small saplings.