A cone is a fruit that nurtures and drops the seeds for a new generation of pines; you cannot simply plant a pine cone to grow a new tree.

You may be wondering how to grow a pine tree from a pine cone. Well, you're in luck because growing pine trees from seed is an easy way to produce lots of trees economically.

Ask a Master Gardener: Weather influences pine cone production Pine trees don't produce the same number of cones every year.