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sassafras seeds and seedlings

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MELOC
i will post this on the barter board too, but since i read requests from posters here, i will post my offer here as well.

i have located a 12 foot tall sassafras tree in my field and it has lots of berries this year. i anticipate having seed (or at least the berries). i remember folks trying to find seed this spring. if anyone is interested, pm me and i will put the names on a list in case the seeds actually produce. there is no way i could guarentee viability of the seeds, but we can all hope for success together, lol.

i also found about a half dozen seedlings about 2 feet high. i would be willing to ship them dry rooted this fall when they go dormant.

prices negotiable and barters accepted.
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Meloc, do you think root pruning would be appropriate? Maybe root prune them now and leave them in the ground to (hopefully) develop a separate root system from the mother root, and then dig out when dormant? I have no clue if it would work, but I read somewhere that was how some trees were prepared for digging while dormant.

As an aside, I knew this old woman from North Carolina and she loved 'sassafrack' tea. That word stuck in my mind and now when I see sassafrass I think 'sassafrack'. :rolleyes:
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