Stratification of laurel seeds/berries

Password-incorrect

Evening all. 

I've last week, harvested a nice cache of ripe, about to drop laurel berries (nice big healthy seeds inside). 
I can't find any info on these little suckers. 

Do I clean and wash them, dry them and cold store for a year, or can I just pop the little guys right now into seedling pots?

Anyone know what the deal is with these please?


All my best. 

Fairygirl

No idea @Password-incorrect - I'm usually trying to stop them growing 
I expect you could just sow them. I have a feeling they normally germinate best after 'passing through' birds though, but don't quote me on that 
Otherwise, I expect they would generally lie on the soil surface and have a winter [ so the cold stratifying] and then something would happen in spring.
You could try both and see if no one else comments 

Most people would use cuttings for propagating though - much quicker. Or layering. 

Ergates

Just seen a load of laurel berries after cutting our hedges. I don’t need to propagate them, just wander round near the hedge and there are plenty of seedlings coming up. One year, I was very tardy in picking up the prunings and left them on the ground. When I finally got round to collecting them up to shred and dispose of, more than half of them were sprouting roots.