How to Grow a Tree from a Pine Cone
Pick up pine cones this fall and learn How to Grow a Tree from a Pine Cone. Plant pine cones and seeds in pots and watch a pine tree sprout!
Servings: 1 tree
Cost: $10
Equipment
- none needed
Ingredients
Instructions
- Gather pine cones that have not already opened and had the seeds drop out.
- Place a bit of rock in the bottom of planters for drainage and then fill them up with potting soil.
- Put the pine cones into a marked paper sack and then into the freezer. I left them there for about 3 months but it doesn't need to be that long a time.
- Shake the pine cones in the bag for a while to get the seeds to drop out of the pine cones.
- Place a pine cone in each of the planters (for looks only, optional) and poke the seeds into the potting soil in front of them.
- Add a small amount of water to the planter each day by pouring it onto the pine cone and letting it run onto the soil and seeds.
- Transplant the seedlings outside in the fall or spring!!