wanted,Gourd seeds,Knautia,Lavender,any color Salvia,Rudbeckias,red monarda,any herb or vege.Have lots of seeds to trade,will up grade my list this week end. Thanks Moonphase I've wintersowed these red maple seeds and have great success with them.

One of my friends is in the same situation. A Japanese maple reaches well over his fence, and this spring he has around thirty seedlings in the shade beneath the apple tree on his side. Several weeks ago, I took a trowel, pot, and bag of moist micro-bark over to his house and dug up one of the larger seedlings. I was worried that it might already be too late in the season, so I took as much soil as deep as I could (to minimize shock to the roots). I plopped the root-ball into the bag of moist bark, watered it, and let it drain in the cool evening air for a few hours. Fortunately, I dug the seedling at about 100' elevation, and brought it up to my house at 1600' elevation - so this ought to give it a longer growing period...if it survives at all. If you're going to transplant, have your holes dug, and do it while it's cool or cloudy. Keep them moist, provide shade if the area is too sunny. I'd transplant a few, and I'd also put a few in pots. If you put them in large containers, they'll be appropriate for transplant in the next few years (if this year's attempts should fail, or if you think of a good place for them). In large growing containers, they could also be used for bonsai - if that strikes your fancy - in a few years. As to their growth rate...I couldn't tell ya. No idea what type they are. Post a picture of bark, stem, and leaf on the parent tree, and one of the folks here will ID for you. Good luck! Josh

These are gone. Thanks!

gone - thanks!