ive read that startin them in sand they"ll do good but I dont know.2yrs ago i planted a couple thousand seed in a row in my nursery and covered them up with sawdust and not to many came up.this past fall I planted bout the same but covered them up with dirt hoping they''ll come up a little better. one thing that ive read that i didnt do both times is clean the "mushy" outer coatin off of them.dependin on how these come up this spring i"ll probly next time try some in 1x3in. containers. good luck

Druse - Ginkgo, fresh seed. Light, outdoors, or moist-warm 30-60 days followed by moist-cold 30-60 days, then followed by light, sow 70-75F for germination in 30-60 days.

Clothiers (suggestions here most often for dried seed) Ginkgo - wash seed, sow 10 weeks @ 70ºF in moist sand, then 3 months @ 39ºF, move to 70ºF for germ. (you can cut down on space used by placing the seeds in a bit of moist sterile sand in a small zip lock for the first two steps, then sowing sand and all for the third stage @70F)