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Graduate recruitment - seed planting instructions

seed packet image1.  Choose your planting spot carefully, the tree could grow to a height of 20 metres tall.  Roots could cover an area at least 8 metres in diameter. 

2.  The tree may grow one foot per year on average depending on planting conditions. 

3.  Place seed in moist ground no less than one inch deep.     

4.  Recover with soil and watch it grow.