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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Acorns
  • Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 05:10:14 +0000

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@juno.com>
Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
To: nafex@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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