Comments on: Seed of the Week: Pine Seed http://blog.growingwithscience.com/2010/01/seed-of-the-week-pine-seed/ Putting the fun back into scientific exploration Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:12:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Roberta http://blog.growingwithscience.com/2010/01/seed-of-the-week-pine-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-4442 Roberta Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:33:34 +0000 http://blog.growingwithscience.com/?p=982#comment-4442 Oh, I read an article about Herbie the Elm tree. That is such a moving story. Oh, I read an article about Herbie the Elm tree. That is such a moving story.

]]> By: ramblingwoods http://blog.growingwithscience.com/2010/01/seed-of-the-week-pine-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-4441 ramblingwoods Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:42:42 +0000 http://blog.growingwithscience.com/?p=982#comment-4441 I enjoyed this post. We have two large spruce trees that have many cones, I will have to pick them up and take a look...My Festival of The Trees Post..<a href="http://ramblingwoods.com/2010/01/21/festival-of-trees-44new-englands-oldest-elm-tree-herbie-is-no-more/" rel="nofollow">Herbie The Elm Tree</a> I enjoyed this post. We have two large spruce trees that have many cones, I will have to pick them up and take a look…My Festival of The Trees Post..Herbie The Elm Tree

]]> By: Roberta http://blog.growingwithscience.com/2010/01/seed-of-the-week-pine-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-4427 Roberta Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:01:20 +0000 http://blog.growingwithscience.com/?p=982#comment-4427 One thing we have plenty of here is outside warmth to open pine cones, we just don't often have the rain to close them again. :-) One thing we have plenty of here is outside warmth to open pine cones, we just don’t often have the rain to close them again. :-)

]]> By: Jade http://blog.growingwithscience.com/2010/01/seed-of-the-week-pine-seed/comment-page-1/#comment-4425 Jade Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:15:40 +0000 http://blog.growingwithscience.com/?p=982#comment-4425 Great post Roberta - I love all the details to show how the seeds move from cone to forest floor! To answer your questions - the dominant pine growing in my neighborhood (Kitsap County, Washington) is the Western White pine (Pinus monticola). My curiosity has definitely drawn me to extract seeds and investigate - and if I bring the cones in the house, the warmth of the fire will usually encourage them to open and shed the seeds. Best, Jade Great post Roberta – I love all the details to show how the seeds move from cone to forest floor!

To answer your questions – the dominant pine growing in my neighborhood (Kitsap County, Washington) is the Western White pine (Pinus monticola). My curiosity has definitely drawn me to extract seeds and investigate – and if I bring the cones in the house, the warmth of the fire will usually encourage them to open and shed the seeds.

Best,
Jade

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