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
SEED PRETREATMENT: Soak seeds in water for 24 hours. Mix seeds with a moistened grow medium equal to 3-4 times seed volume. Place in a plastic bag, covered tray/cells or container.
STRATIFICATION: 120 days cold/moist (5°C). Place plastic bag with seeds and soil in your refrigerator, preferably in a veggie crisper. Inspect periodically for even moisture and early germination.
POST-STRATIFICATION: Sow stratified seeds 1/4” deep, ideally in a peat/perlite mix.
GERMINATION: Requires cold temperatures (5°C) to sprout. When all previously mentioned requirements are fulfilled, germination generally occurs in 30-60 days.
How To Stratify Your Tree Seeds
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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.