Hey, I was wondering. Are Sugar Maple Trees cold hardy? Meaning if you collect seeds in late summer or early fall and stratify them for 3 months. Will they grow while it‘s still winter out? I know normally the go dormant during winter but I‘m talking about growing from seed.I have some seeds stratifying in the refrigerator now and they‘ll probably be ready about Nov 1. I collected them last week and the seeds were a yellowish green and the wings were brown. I soaked them for 24 hours and stuck the in a bag with a mixture of Vermiculite and Peat. So, will the seeds grow during winter if kept in a greenhouse? I live in zone 5 and it sometimes gets down to the single digits or zero during a normal winter.Please let me know. Please don‘t answer with poetry. Thanks.
Maple seeds in the wild in places like Vermont have to survive temperatures like this so I would expect yours to also.
You could ask in a DIY store that also sells trees and bushes, etc. They'd know.
