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--- In nafex@y..., "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@h...> wrote:
>       White Pines....the deer predate the young ones so severly 
that (besides 
> cost and time to put in thousands of seeedlings) the only practical 
way I 
> can see to plant 20 acres of understory is to make some sort of 
hand-held 
> shallow planter-- buy a few pounds of seed (affordable) and just go 
for 
> walks in the woods putting out seeds by the thousand.  Let nature 
take its 
> course naturally, including stratifying etc.
>        This isn't a fruit topic of course,  so does any one know of 
a source 
> where i could persue this crazy long term idea?  Mn. Del

In your place I would talk to the State forestry people. they will 
probably know of seed collecting contractors. The specialist 
nurseries who supply the tree planters might tell you who their 
suppliers are, or more likely would sell you some seed. Just be 
careful of the nurseries; the level of ethics in the business is 
rather variable.

Doug Woodard


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