What do you mean, you can't see anything? There are 140 trees in that box!
Literally, in the box. The corrogations in the cardboard contain approximately 70 tree seeds (and beneficial mycorrhizal fungi) per square foot, which means all parts of the box. Yup, we're planting an empty box.
Life Box Company is not only concerned with perpetuating life on our plantet, but also with doing it without creating waste products. In fact, they made the packaging beneficial to growth. Basic instructions are right on the box - two boxes, in this photo:
I haven't started it yet, but that soak and chill part is interesting. Soak for 10 minutes, and chill in the refrigerator for 6-12 weeks. I think this simulates the dormant period of winter, because if you plant in the fall, you skip the refrigeration step.
I don't expect to have a forest - many seedlings don't survive in nature, and I imagine deer, rabbits, and assorted others will make a tasty snack of some of my baby trees. But as a prospective parent, I am looking forward to some or all of the following native species:
Douglas fir river birch
Arizona cypress water birch
Blue spruce paper birch
Lodgepole pine desert willow
pitch pine American sweetgum
Eastern white pine American sycamore
Virginia pine American elm
mountain hemlock
white cedar
Stay tuned for the next twenty or thirty years and watch my babies grow up!
Awesome idea! I'm checking it out now!
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