garden

We may also go ahead and put a couple of the seedlings in the ground, pot and all, immediately, forgoing the baby steps, because, in the “real world” California Smoke Trees grow when a seed tumbles down a wash, getting scraped up by the rocks (this “scarification” is very common in horticulture and is commonly done with very tough seeds along with presoaking to soften the seed shell to improve germination.  A common seed for which this practice is often used is the sweet pea [Lathyrus odoratus]), then settling into loose soil, usually under a rock or under gravel, and then sprouting to send down a VERY long taproot before any recognizable growth begins on the surface.