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re: Anyone ever grown an oak tree from an acorn
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:37 pm to ctowntiger
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:37 pm to ctowntiger
Take acorns and soak in a 5 gallon bucket of water for a day. If they float they are no good. Take the sinkers and plant a quarter inch deep in some decently draining soil. Keep it fairly moist and in a few months you will have more seedling than you want to deal with. Pot size doesn't really matter. Live oaks are pretty tough trees. They can be transplanted easily.
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Posted on 9/22/17 at 7:00 pm to ctowntiger
Go root through some mulch near those trees, there will be a sprouted acorn somewhere.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 7:25 pm to ctowntiger
My father picked up some acorns from some of those humongous live oaks on the LSU campus about 40 yrs ago and put the acorns in a pot. The biggest problem was keeping the squirrels from digging them up. He put wire over the pots until they became saplings and then put them in the yard. The next problem was making sure I didn't mow them over. Now they are taller than the house and are branching out nice. Very pretty and now we have a little LSU here in our Jackson, MS home.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 7:34 pm to Hatcher Hall Shrink
I also got mine from LSU. Although they are shumards not live oaks. Might get some acorns from the quad tomorrow
Posted on 9/22/17 at 7:55 pm to ctowntiger
My brother has a few. Started out as several in 6" pots as they grew he repotted in larger pots until they were about a 1" caliper then planted them on his property. They are still growing great, this was a good 20+ years ago.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:13 pm to ctowntiger
Yes. Very easily done. Need a lot of acorns. Percentage of survival is not high. 5-10% survival rate after 2 years.
Gotta get them as soon as they drop. Store in dark in paper bag about 1 month. Then get s small plastic/tupperware dish and peat moss. Layer of peat, layers of acorns, etc. lightly damp peat. Like a cup to the gallon container. Put in fridge with lid on for 2-3 months. Dont add more water. Take out fridge. Take lid off. Place in sun in window. Add minimal water as needed. Wait for sprouting. Transfer to pot. Put outside in shade. No direct sun ever. Watch grow. 2-3 years until ready to plant in ground.
Gotta get them as soon as they drop. Store in dark in paper bag about 1 month. Then get s small plastic/tupperware dish and peat moss. Layer of peat, layers of acorns, etc. lightly damp peat. Like a cup to the gallon container. Put in fridge with lid on for 2-3 months. Dont add more water. Take out fridge. Take lid off. Place in sun in window. Add minimal water as needed. Wait for sprouting. Transfer to pot. Put outside in shade. No direct sun ever. Watch grow. 2-3 years until ready to plant in ground.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:29 pm to ctowntiger
I have 40 trees from a year and half ago. You have to tend to the all the time. Lots of water. I had another 40 die off
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:18 pm to ctowntiger
I cleared some dirt for a concrete slab on the back patio, and piled up the dirt near an oak tree in my back yard. Spread the dirt in some low spots the following spring and had saplings popping up all over my yard by the summer.
I seriously doubt it would be difficult to get them to sprout.
I seriously doubt it would be difficult to get them to sprout.
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