[SEL] Henry Ford Plans

[Bill Brueck]

Do you then plan the seeds in the spring or fall?  Seems like I read
somewhere about the need for a freeze cycle to germinate.

Thanks!

B² 

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Bill,
  Quarter the hedge apples and just lay the quartered piece on the ground
without covering it.  It may be two years before you get a seedling but get 
them you will.   George
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>I have had some success by letting the fruit dry somewhat and then 
>sorting out the seeds to plant.  I had to plant many seeds to get just 
>a few seedlings.
>
> <<Bob Matthews>>
>  <<NW Ohio>>
>
>
>
> Bill Brueck wrote:
>
>>While we're on these Osage Oranges, as I know them, does anybody know 
>>how to get a crop going?
>>
>>I tried drying out a few seeds and planting them, nothing came up.
>>
>>So I bought some seeds from a nursery and planted them.  Same result.
>>
>>Can't be all that difficult.  Just keep trying?
>>
>>It's unclear to me that they would be OK in southern Minnesota, but I 
>>should at least have had some sprouts come up.  They seemed to grow OK 
>>in central Iowa where I grew up.
>>
>>
>>
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