i planted a seed a week ago and someone said it would take ten years...but that cant be true! can it?

From:
http://cahe.nmsu.edu/ces/yard/2007/042807.html

(near the bottom of the screen):

"If you want to produce more plants by seeds (to grow as seedling plants or for rootstocks for grafting) you should consider scarifying the seeds. Scarification requires slight wounding or scratching of the seed coat before planting the seeds. This overcomes the natural dormancy of mesquite and allows moisture and oxygen to reach the embryo inside the seed. Stratification may also help. Put the scarified seed into moist sphagnum moss or potting soil and store in a refrigerator for 6 to 8 weeks before planting the seeds. This overcomes dormancy present in many temperate zone plants. This treatment may not be necessary, but it should not harm the seeds."
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Randy, we live in West Texas too. I know what you mean about watering these trees. Another good thing is that when we see these trees start turning green, we know it is Spring.

I wish I knew, but they sure grow like weeds in west Texas. And if you water them, unlike how they grow in west Texas, they're ENORMOUS, as one I once knew that was in the front lawn of an art museum in Ft. Worth, Texas. I saw that beautiful HUGE tree for years before I realized it was a mesquite tree that somebody had watered. They're small and shrivelly in west Texas. God Bless you.