TheMooseZeus Posted July 8, 2018 Hey all! Collected a pine cone the other day and was wondering how to extract the seeds? Be it boiling, leaving in the oven or just time? I'm dreaming of my own pine forest 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xperiment Posted July 8, 2018 Paper bag in the sun... As it dries and opens out the seeds will fall out. Even the crusty older cones on the ground normally have a few seeds still stuck in them that can be prised out with a knife 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMooseZeus Posted July 8, 2018 I manged to peel back the cone and take a few tiny seeds out, do you recon theyll be viable? 6 minutes ago, Xperiment said: Paper bag in the sun... As it dries and opens out the seeds will fall out. Even the crusty older cones on the ground normally have a few seeds still stuck in them that can be prised out with a knife I'll do this with the rest for sure, cheers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xperiment Posted July 8, 2018 I've had mixed results. Germination can be slow, and definitely less success from older cones. Plant a heap, if you end up with too many, they make good bonsai, if you're into that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted July 9, 2018 Air dry, in sun. Bags are great for a few cones. Bulk can be done under corrugated iron on a tray. Beware cockatoos.... They'll bust open the cones if they've developed the taste. Check up on the species, many need stratification and some benefit from scarification. With patience you can raise a forest no probs. An extra 48hr soak in water prior to sowing, at around 10 degrees speeds up and gives a more consistent germination of radiata pine,if that's your species. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted July 9, 2018 Hoop pine seeds are very easy to collect from underneath a tree (hundreds of them) and the seeds sprout readily. They are also a beautiful native species of great ecological significance. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarcophilus Posted September 2, 2018 On 08/07/2018 at 9:04 PM, TheMooseZeus said: I'm dreaming of my own pine forest I’m with you dude. Got a list written down of all the endemic and endangered pines in Tasmania, and a select few from the rest of the country. I love the idea of a conifer forest, laid out according to permaculture principles. Innoculated nitrogen fixers, berries, mycorrhizal and sapotrophic mushroom spores scattered throughout. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMooseZeus Posted September 4, 2018 On 9/3/2018 at 7:59 AM, Sarcophilus said: I’m with you dude. Got a list written down of all the endemic and endangered pines in Tasmania, and a select few from the rest of the country. I love the idea of a conifer forest, laid out according to permaculture principles. Innoculated nitrogen fixers, berries, mycorrhizal and sapotrophic mushroom spores scattered throughout. Oh yeah! Thats the dream Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
