Hi everyone,
This past weekend, I picked up a handful of walnut seeds from my late grandparent's yard from the tree they planted decades ago, and I'm looking to grow them over the next however many decades into bonsai. I've been doing my research into how to do so, and all I see online is to soak them, wrap them, and put them in the fridge for a length of time. But I would like to know why it wouldn't be better to just plant them in soil straight away and wait to see if they grow in the spring?
Would planting these walnuts in soil be just as good, if not better, as the fridge method? I mean, isn't in soil over winter merely a natural cold stratification method that doesn't require any shock of planting in the spring, as they'll already be planted and undisturbed?
I live in Victoria, BC.
Thanks in advance for any insight!
This past weekend, I picked up a handful of walnut seeds from my late grandparent's yard from the tree they planted decades ago, and I'm looking to grow them over the next however many decades into bonsai. I've been doing my research into how to do so, and all I see online is to soak them, wrap them, and put them in the fridge for a length of time. But I would like to know why it wouldn't be better to just plant them in soil straight away and wait to see if they grow in the spring?
Would planting these walnuts in soil be just as good, if not better, as the fridge method? I mean, isn't in soil over winter merely a natural cold stratification method that doesn't require any shock of planting in the spring, as they'll already be planted and undisturbed?
I live in Victoria, BC.
Thanks in advance for any insight!