The Trick to Finding Good Acorns to Plant

Not every acorn is a good one to plant but how can you know before you plant it?
Watch this episode so that you'll know how to tell the good ones from the bad ones!
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0:00 Intro
0:24 How to tell the good from the bad
0:55 If they float they're not good to plant
3:12 Closing remarks
3:43 Outro
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