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Oak trees and acorns
Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:09 pm
Trying to get an area on my lease ready for bow season next fall. I was told fertilizing the area around the base of an oak tree would ensure acorn production in the fall. Is this true? If so, when is the best time to put out the fertilizer? Are spikes better than the granulated kind? Thanks
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Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:17 pm to Deaux-nut
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If so, when is the best time to put out the fertilizer?
if like other trees, now I believe
Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:22 pm to Deaux-nut
also try and find a white oak tree...deer in my area seem to prefer these over the normal smaller acorns..
Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:25 pm to Deaux-nut
if you disk around the edges, it will help. you're stimulating new root growth and you put the tree in 'survival' mode. it will put out more acorns because you have tricked it into thinking it is in danger.
i recommend going outside the drip line, should you try it..
i recommend going outside the drip line, should you try it..
Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:26 pm to Deaux-nut
I'm not sure how next year will be, but this year was the highest acorn producing year I have ever seen, by far.
It was simply amazing how many they had this year. And with it being dry all winter and hardly any freezes, they are still there and the deer are still munching on them. I can't get them to eat rice bran or soy beans.
It was simply amazing how many they had this year. And with it being dry all winter and hardly any freezes, they are still there and the deer are still munching on them. I can't get them to eat rice bran or soy beans.
Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:27 pm to Deaux-nut
Just wondering, but wouldnt the amount of acorns put off have to do with the amount of water that the tree gets during the year? I am sure it would help by putting some fertilizer around it but small and large acorn crops always has to do with amount of moisture the tree gets. I guess what I am asking is, would fertilizer make that much of a difference?
Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:33 pm to Teyeger
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if you disk around the edges, it will help. you're stimulating new root growth and you put the tree in 'survival' mode. it will put out more acorns because you have tricked it into thinking it is in danger.
Similar to this...Ive trimmed oak back before and the next year it went nuts with acorn production.
If planting new trees, I'd plant pears. My dad and I planted two, 12 yrs ago and the last few years they have produced and the deer murder em.
Posted on 1/19/12 at 12:55 pm to jimjackandjose
Fertilize the oak trees in the spring for sweeter acorns in the fall.
The peer tree idea is good, we have planted those as well as peaches.
The peer tree idea is good, we have planted those as well as peaches.
Posted on 1/19/12 at 1:01 pm to Teyeger
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Just wondering, but wouldnt the amount of acorns put off have to do with the amount of water that the tree gets during the year?
i always thought this too but was proved somewhat wrong this year. we had one of the best acorn crops i have ever seen this year and that came after a very dry winter and summer. however, two winters ago we had more water on our lease than i've seen and since acorn trees produce every other year, the amount of water they received two years ago could have had alot to do with it.
Posted on 1/19/12 at 1:06 pm to Slickback
that's a good read. i always enjoy reading studies like that where there is scientific testing rather than Jethro's best guess.
Posted on 1/19/12 at 1:12 pm to Deaux-nut
I fertilize my lawn, and all my oak trees produce like crazy. Literally, there are so many acorns on the ground it is impossible to walk without falling down. Ridiculous.
Posted on 1/19/12 at 1:16 pm to ChenierauTigre
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I fertilize my lawn, and all my oak trees produce like crazy. Literally, there are so many acorns on the ground it is impossible to walk without falling down. Ridiculous
those are probably live oak trees, doubt he has any in the woods where he hunts, and they are among one of the least preferred by deer
they will produce millions every year with or without fertilization
This post was edited on 1/19/12 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 1/19/12 at 2:02 pm to beenHADdat
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since acorn trees produce every other year
Some species produce every year.
Posted on 1/19/12 at 2:02 pm to beenHADdat
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they are among one of the least preferred by deer
I did not know that
Posted on 1/19/12 at 2:08 pm to Tiger 79
Thanks for the help. I googled this question as well and most experts feel it is a waste of time and money. They all recommend cutting down neighboring trees that are stealing sunlight. I have white oaks and pin oaks, often next to each other. Despite what most people say, I feel like they prefer the acorns from the pin oaks
Posted on 1/19/12 at 2:09 pm to Deaux-nut
Our acorn crop this year was retarded. Walking to my stand was like walking through the ball bit at chuck-e-cheese.
Feeder did nothing but keep coons and possumfricks fat all year.
Feeder did nothing but keep coons and possumfricks fat all year.
Posted on 1/19/12 at 2:13 pm to TigerDeacon
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since acorn trees produce every other year
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Some species produce every year
i meant pin oaks and the red and white swamp oaks which are the most common in the wooded areas in louisiana... and they will drop a few every year but typically every other year is when u will see a mass crop
Posted on 1/19/12 at 2:18 pm to Deaux-nut
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Thanks for the help. I googled this question as well and most experts feel it is a waste of time and money. They all recommend cutting down neighboring trees that are stealing sunlight. I have white oaks and pin oaks, often next to each other. Despite what most people say, I feel like they prefer the acorns from the pin oaks
that is probably true about the sunlight.. i had 3 oak trees standing by theirself in the middle of some cutover and they out-produced FAR MORE than any other tree i came across this year
cant go wrong with pin oaks or white oaks, from an article i read a long time ago i found out that these are two most preferred by deer, white oak being the most preferred because of its very low amount of tannic acid which deer despise.... pin oaks having the 2nd less amount and live oaks having the most
Posted on 1/19/12 at 2:22 pm to Dooshay
It was kind of the same situation around here, drought and record pecan numbers. I do put some 10-10-10 around some of them but it doesn't seem to help much. Maybe keep them dry would help more 
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