Pricking our Beech tree seedlings

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    I’m wanting to eventually plant a beech hedge and I’m lucky enough to live close to a large beech woodland.

    This year there are a lot of seeds that have germinated and are at the two leaf stage.

    Do you think they could be successfully pricked out and transplanted to pots for a year or more before planting?
     
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    Yes it's easy to do and they readily transplant. You need to put them in a very deep pot or ideally in a nursery bed for a couple of years as they put down long roots.
     
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