Shirlee, No they are planted in a planting mix (fafard 4M) and I put the sand on top to keep the fungus gnats from laying there eggs in the soil since they can get bad here.
Mona, this is where I get the 72 cell seed trays
http://www.growersupply.com/pr...
They don't have the tree trays though. I've remember seeing the tree trays at
http://www.jrjohnson.com/produ...