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Help identifying plant spreading in my backyard

Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:39 am
Posted by Bunta
Member since Oct 2007
12256 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:39 am
This may be an easy identification, but I don't know shite and need some help. What is this spreading across my backyard and what's the best way to get rid of it and prevent it from coming back?


Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54738 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:45 am to
The top picture is an oak, maybe live oak. Dig it up carefully and transplant it.

It is hard to tell much about the bottom pic.
Posted by Bunta
Member since Oct 2007
12256 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:00 pm to
I think it's all the same. There's a live oak you can see the trunk of in the bottom pic. I never knew live oaks spread out like that.
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
9822 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:04 pm to
I never knew live oaks spread out like that.
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Not spreading, just a ton of acorns doing their thing.
Posted by Drop4Loss
Birds Eye Of Deaf Valley
Member since Oct 2007
3883 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:05 pm to
They dont spread out.

Thats growing from the Acorn.

Pull them up and you will see the acorn.
Posted by Bunta
Member since Oct 2007
12256 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:06 pm to
So it's sounding like I need to dig / pull them up and not let the acorns sit and sprout them up.

Thanks for the quick responses.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 12:11 pm
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54738 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:38 pm to
It would be cool if you had someone to give those saplings to. I just helped a friend of mine transplant twenty oak saplings that we dug up a few weeks ago. Amazingly, all of them seem to have made it, at least thus far.
Posted by trident
Member since Jul 2007
4759 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:10 pm to
pull them up, put in pot, sell on line for like $20 a piece, profit. Live oaks cost some money.
Posted by trident
Member since Jul 2007
4759 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:10 pm to
pull them up, put in pot, sell on line for like $20 a piece, profit. Live oaks cost some money.
Posted by trident
Member since Jul 2007
4759 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:10 pm to
pull them up, put in pot, sell on line for like $20 a piece, profit. Live oaks cost some money.
Posted by LSURoss
SWLAish
Member since Dec 2007
15425 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:54 pm to
yep.

we are about to propagate about 15 dragonfruit plants. They sell on etsy from $25-$45 a pop.

The ones we are about to cut are 12" - 16" in length. Easy money
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38905 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:01 pm to
quote:

I never knew live oaks spread out like that.
you didnt know oaks sprouted from acorns?
Posted by Bunta
Member since Oct 2007
12256 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:22 pm to
quote:

you didnt know oaks sprouted from acorns?


Nope haha, my parents have multiple live oaks on their property and never saw it happen there.
Posted by Tigers4Lyfe
Member since Nov 2010
4534 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:35 pm to
quote:

you didnt know oaks sprouted from acorns?
Not what he said. I'm assuming he thought they were growing up from roots.
Posted by Gauxt
Prairieville
Member since Oct 2013
326 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 3:47 pm to
Top pic leaf looks like they have thorns no? Not some sort of holly?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54738 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:45 pm to
quote:

Top pic leaf looks like they have thorns no? Not some sort of holly?

Some oaks have those thorn-like features on their leaves. It can be more pronounced on young trees.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45820 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:28 pm to
pull them up, put in pot, sell on line for like $20 a piece, profit. Live oaks cost some money
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45820 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:29 pm to
pull them up, put in pot, sell on line for like $20 a piece, profit. Live oaks cost some money.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45820 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:29 pm to
pull them up, put in pot, sell on line for like $20 a piece, profit. Live oaks cost some money.
Posted by Bunta
Member since Oct 2007
12256 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:14 pm to
I had to scroll up and double check who had the triple post earlier
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