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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2014 22:23:36 GMT -5
I collected some acorns back in October and put them in a bag with a wet paper towel and then put them in the fridge. They have all sprouted and have about 2 inch tails on them. Can I leave them in til spring or should I plant them and stick them by my boiler?
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Post by Dutch on Jan 28, 2014 22:49:09 GMT -5
If they have light by your boiler, should be ok to plant them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2014 23:09:24 GMT -5
Will they hold up if I don't?
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Post by Dutch on Jan 29, 2014 6:17:39 GMT -5
They need light. Even putting them upstairs near a window will do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 6:29:43 GMT -5
okay bossman!
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Post by bake545 on Jan 29, 2014 7:57:25 GMT -5
I've always kept mine in peat moss in the fridge till early April and then planted them outside. Take care to protect them from frost though. You can plant them on a window sill if you have one that gets good sun. You will need to ease them into the real world come spring since they haven't been exposed to the elements, particularly wind. I used rootmaker trays in the past with good luck. Rootmaker traysI don't have the time for it anymore but growing your own oak trees is pretty cool!
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Post by acorn20 on Jan 29, 2014 19:22:59 GMT -5
I tried to plant apple trees a couple times in clearings on my property. The first time the saplings were about 18" high and I protected them with a fence enclosure. Didn't work! The deer simply pushed the fencing down and ate the saplings. When I told the fellow that gave me the saplings, his reply was that he was given a few bare roots saplings and he'd see that I got about five of them. We planted these saplings in five gallon boxes and nursed them for a year. They were probably about three feet high. Again, we took our time planting them, watering them and protecting them and the same thing happened. The deer rode the fencing down to get to the saplings. I just thought it would be neat to have a few apple trees for them in the woods. I don't know if apple branches are sweet to them or what but I'm done. No more apple trees.
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Post by acorn20 on Jan 29, 2014 19:40:43 GMT -5
On a related note, I have planted oaks from acorns and currently have a few crab apple trees that need planted for the turkeys. I have had success with crab apple trees. I also have a chestnut tree, one out of about twenty, that came up last year that I'll be nursing for a couple more years. I also enjoy trying different varieties of trees that are not common to the area. Burr oak, saw tooth oak and chinkopin. If you want some of the best trees for turkey habitat, try and get a few chinkopin nuts or saplings. They are a small-type chestnut and the turkeys go nuts, (no pun intended) for them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 21:16:44 GMT -5
I Don't even know where I am going to go with them just thought I would try it and see what happens.
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Post by acorn20 on Jan 30, 2014 13:27:39 GMT -5
Raise them yourself Brian and when the weather gets nice set them outside where they get a little sun and you can take care of them. I like to make sure they have a nice root system before I plant them. After a year or two, I transplant them into five gallon buckets with good drainage and raise them a couple more years like that. When you plant them in the woods, take care to plant them as you would if you were planting them in your front yard.
I know a lumber company that has locust stakes made and secures tree tubes throughout where they intend to plant. Then, they take a handful of peat moss and throw it down the tube followed by a sprouting acorn. This if followed up with another handful or two of peat moss. I've personally checked some of their tubes and I'm amazed at the percentage they have coming up. If the sapling isn't coming up, they simply repeat the procedure at that particular tube.
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Post by bowbum on Jan 30, 2014 16:58:59 GMT -5
I planted 5 apple trees 6 years ago in tree shelters and they are doing fine except that there have not been any apples to date...? I'll probably take the shelters off this year.
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Post by acorn20 on Jan 30, 2014 21:36:17 GMT -5
Ya know, just because you plant apple trees you'd think that they would produce apples at some point. I always wondered if you planted apple trees in an opening in the woods would they get pollinated? I guess the bees would find them.
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Post by Dutch on Jan 31, 2014 10:13:31 GMT -5
Ya know, just because you plant apple trees you'd think that they would produce apples at some point. I always wondered if you planted apple trees in an opening in the woods would they get pollinated? I guess the bees would find them. The opening has to be big enough or they don't get enough sunlight. Bees are not the only pollinators.
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