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Post by Catscratch on Aug 22, 2018 13:39:12 GMT -6
It won't be long before acorns start to drop. If anyone wants: DCO, Bur, Sawtooth, or Chinkapin let me know and I can gather/ship you some.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 22, 2018 14:01:10 GMT -6
I would like to know if DCO would survive in MN, or Iowa-would guess IA for sure. Yes, would take some...
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 22, 2018 17:49:55 GMT -6
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Post by Freeborn on Aug 22, 2018 18:26:41 GMT -6
I have 5 trees that are 4 years old and they are growing fine. I purchased the trees from the Nebraska arboretum. I would estimate the coldest temps are around -30 and they have survived. No acorns as of yet. I have not fertilized them but I am thinking about trying it.
I have not tried growing trees from acorns, is it difficult to do?
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 22, 2018 19:28:28 GMT -6
Most of mine look like that last pic where the cap is nearly grown completely over and shut. Do the critters get anything from them, or will the cap give up the acorn at some point?
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 22, 2018 19:39:11 GMT -6
I have 5 trees that are 4 years old and they are growing fine. I purchased the trees from the Nebraska arboretum. I would estimate the coldest temps are around -30 and they have survived. No acorns as of yet. I have not fertilized them but I am thinking about trying it. I have not tried growing trees from acorns, is it difficult to do? Acorns germinate and sprout really easily. After that "easy" is up to how much you want to protect them and whatnot.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 22, 2018 19:41:33 GMT -6
Mine will end up not covered by the cap, they just haven't pushed through yet. With that said there will be piles of caps that have been split and chewed in half under the trees this fall. Most of mine look like that last pic where the cap is nearly grown completely over and shut. Do the critters get anything from them, or will the cap give up the acorn at some point?
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Post by jbird on Aug 23, 2018 7:38:16 GMT -6
All I will offer up is that the sawtooth I got from Cat a year or two ago germinated real well for me in containers and in my plots.
As for the bur oak acorns, the squirrels will peel the caps back....I find the shredded caps under the tree all the time. The caps will dry out and when the moisture freezes and the like the nut will fall free from the cap.
Not sure if Cat sees this or not, but the native chinkapin (Not DCO) drop early here. They drop first here and are small (a little bigger than that of a pin oak) and nearly everything eats them....especially birds because of their small size. Mine thrive on coarse well drained soils.
I might (I have to check) be able to get my hand son some swamp white oak if anyone is interested.....I'm going to get some for myself.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 23, 2018 8:00:58 GMT -6
All I will offer up is that the sawtooth I got from Cat a year or two ago germinated real well for me in containers and in my plots. As for the bur oak acorns, the squirrels will peel the caps back....I find the shredded caps under the tree all the time. The caps will dry out and when the moisture freezes and the like the nut will fall free from the cap. Not sure if Cat sees this or not, but the native chinkapin (Not DCO) drop early here. They drop first here and are small (a little bigger than that of a pin oak) and nearly everything eats them....especially birds because of their small size. Mine thrive on coarse well drained soils. I might (I have to check) be able to get my hand son some swamp white oak if anyone is interested.....I'm going to get some for myself. Chinkapin drop early, DCO drops earlier (about a week earlier).
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Post by wiscwhip on Aug 23, 2018 8:17:06 GMT -6
Some of those bur acorns look almost like they have some overcup parentage somewhere in the line.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 23, 2018 8:43:05 GMT -6
Some of those bur acorns look almost like they have some overcup parentage somewhere in the line. They very well could have different lineages mixed in. We have a very diverse population of oaks and hybridization is probably likely. Most identification keys list Bur oak leafs as highly variable in shape. So with that said... in KS any oak with lobed leafs and big acorns is a "Bur" oak. I have "Burs" with different leafs and a variety of drop times. I just call it genetic diversity, but it could be lots of different things.
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Post by Freeborn on Aug 23, 2018 9:08:32 GMT -6
I have 5 trees that are 4 years old and they are growing fine. I purchased the trees from the Nebraska arboretum. I would estimate the coldest temps are around -30 and they have survived. No acorns as of yet. I have not fertilized them but I am thinking about trying it. I have not tried growing trees from acorns, is it difficult to do? Acorns germinate and sprout really easily. After that "easy" is up to how much you want to protect them and whatnot. I'll take some DCO if you don't mind. I'll tube them until the roots get established. I can pm you and we can work something out.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 23, 2018 13:47:14 GMT -6
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 23, 2018 21:17:06 GMT -6
Maybe a trade will work... let's see how many DCO's I get collected and sent before we get too far along. Sometimes they dissappear quickly (like they are there Sunday evening but gone the next Sat morning).
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Post by Foggy on Aug 25, 2018 19:11:54 GMT -6
Acorns are really dropping here now. I got 3 or 4" deep across in my yard here (Burr Oaks). Today we had multiple deer on the golf course on every hole.....they refused to leave as they were stuffing themselves with acorns. Pretty neat. I think the deer will go into fall in as good of shape as they could be. No ticks this year.....and food is plentiful. Next year will be a BANNER year for deer! (maybe this year too?).
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