How to Grow Your Own Pine Trees from Seed

Have you ever wanted to start your own pine trees from seed? It is fun to do but takes alot of commitment. It can be rewarding after a few years of nurturing your baby pine trees to finally put them in the ground. Growing your own pine trees from seed can take a few years of faithful nurturing but in the end it will feel good to know you are doing something worthwhile for the environment. Growing trees is so rewarding and to know you are helping the planet makes you feel good about what you are doing.

To get the seeds to grow your own pine trees you will have to go out and find a pine tree with pine cones. The tree you get your pine cones from should be close to other pine trees to the seed can be fertile. Find some pine cones in a well forested area for the best possibility of getting your own pine tree seeds. When you find a suitable pine cone you can get the seeds out of it by shaking the pine cone upside down. If seeds fall out then you know that the seeds are good for planting. Gather up some seeds from the pine cone.

Get a try that is suitable to plant your pine cone seeds in and fill it with a good seed starter soil. Then take the pine cone seeds you have gathered and polk the seeds into the soil so they are about an inch apart. Water the seeds well and cover the tray with some plastic so the seeds stay moist. Keep the tray of pine cone seeds in a warm preferably sunny spot. Keep the seeds moist until the seeds spout into little plants. Then you can take the plastic off of the tray and make sure the tray is in a sunny location. Keep the little pine tree seedlings watered.