When to plant Honey Locust seed

So I have been gathering thousands of honey locust seed this winter and am waiting for the right conditions to plant outside except.... I don't know what those conditions are. The internet and Mr. Google assume that I will plant in pots and start them indoors. What does the night time air or soil temperature need to be to germinate honey locust? This is a critical question for me, because this is a narrow window for germination once the seed is scarified, they swell up and sprout - at that point, they either get enough heat and water or they die. If nothing else, I will divide the seed into three batches, and each week treat a batch with boiling water and then plant out. At least one of the three weeks should be warm enough.

Skyler Weber wrote:So I have been gathering thousands of honey locust seed this winter and am waiting for the right conditions to plant outside except.... I don't know what those conditions are. The internet and Mr. Google assume that I will plant in pots and start them indoors. What does the night time air or soil temperature need to be to germinate honey locust? This is a critical question for me, because this is a narrow window for germination once the seed is scarified, they swell up and sprout - at that point, they either get enough heat and water or they die. If nothing else, I will divide the seed into three batches, and each week treat a batch with boiling water and then plant out. At least one of the three weeks should be warm enough.

I didn't find them to be very picky.  If your nights are above freezing consistently, I would plant them now.  A night or two that dips below 32 shouldn't hurt them.  I have very high survival rates with honey locust.  They manage to survive and sprout in our terribly unpredictable weather here in WI, so I think they are well adapted to small setbacks.