After the seed has germinated the beds may be thinned so that the seedlings will have more room to develop.
During the fall of the same year, or in the following spring, the seedlings should be transplanted to nursery rows.

Thereafter it is customary to transplant the young trees at least once again during damp weather.

When the trees finally are robust and vigorous and have reached the age of two to five years, they are dug up carefully and set out permanently.

The usual practice is to keep the seedlings one year in the seedbed and two years in the nursery rows before they are set out.

Whether the transplanting should take place during the spring or fall depends largely on the climate and geography of the locality.