Maple Tree Seeds - Sugar Maple
(Acer saccharum) Deciduous. Zones 3 - 8.
Everything we do now has an effect on generations to come. Why not make your legacy a delicious one! Plant a Sugar Maple grove this year!
These beautiful, symbolic trees will provide shade and habitat for you and your neighbourhood wild ones.
For your children and grand children they will not only give sweet, mineral rich sap but that exciting, late Winter experience that is "Sugar Season".
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Cold Hardiness: Zones 3 - 8
Edible: Yes
Size: Medium Tree
Growth Rate: Medium
Nitrogen Fixer: No
Native Plant: Yes
Germination: 50%
Sun Requirements: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Soil Preference: Loamy, consistently moist, but tolerates wide range of soil types.
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GROWING INSTRUCTIONS
- Soak seeds 24 hrs. Follow with 90 days cold, moist stratification. For more information on stratification, check out our article "How To Stratify Your Tree Seeds".
- Plant soaked seeds in pots using standard potting soil or in nursery beds. Heat mats are NOT required & can hinder germination!
- Protect young tree seedlings from slugs, cutworms & rodents. Slugs especially can eat primary leaves as soon as they come up, so be vigilant!
*Excited about growing Trees from seed? Learn more HERE.*
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Available direct from Incredible Seeds, a Canadian Heirloom and Heritage Seed Company, offering only the best natural, non-GMO, open pollinated and untreated seeds, located in Mi'kma'ki / Nova Scotia.
