MountaineerFan36, as a lark, I bought some balsa tree seeds through the internet. They did not come with instructions for planting such as you outline. I have them in small planting pots in a greenhouse at the present, hoping to get them started and large enough to actually plant outside. I live in northern Arkansas. Am I wasting my time here? I'm not sure they will survive here even if they start, but by not boiling them, etc. before planting, am I on a fruitless mission, so to speak?