[NAFEX] Acorns

tanis cuff tanistanis at hotmail.com
Sat Sep 28 01:10:14 EDT 2002


Not sure if this will help :  Some years ago, while doing some autumn 
landscaping under some white oak trees, I was amazed at the number of new 
seedlings.  It had been a particularly heavy crop of acorns, enough to 
carpet the soil, even with squirrel activity.  The acorns seemed to be 
sprouting almost as soon as touching the ground; brand new oaks on 4" 
centers !  In the same site the next spring, I found maybe 6, total.  So I 
would recommend 'House' or 'Florida' if you want them to survive.

Tanis Cuff, southern Wisconsin


>From: jack e wigal <kr8z1 at juno.com>
>Reply-To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
>To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] Acorns
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 01:44:23 -0400
>
>Fellow Fruit Folks,
>         Last month I discovered some acorns (Red Oak) in the frig. that I
>didn't get planted last  spring. Just for the heck of it, I put four of
>them in one of the ol girls flower pots, and sure nuff, three are now up
>growing.  First one came up Sept. 8.   Getting started when they should
>be going dormant probably fouls up their biological clock, so what should
>I do to try to keep them alive? Here's four options I have thought of.
>
>See if they will go dormant
>Take in house for the winter
>Send to Florida for the winter
>Dump in compost pile
>
>Any other ideas????
>
>Thanks,
>Jack Wigal
>Washington, WV  Z6
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