Does any one know how to grow sumac.

[bawanajim]

I have been working on rabbit habitat, hinge cutting some maples that are covered with grape vines, and with the winter we had they worked well, but I got to thinking if I could get sumac to grow in these areas the rabbits would have a source of food near the cover.
Any Ideas?

[bawanajim]

I'm taking that as a no!

[timberdoodle]

there would be a bunch of stuff I'd put in before sumac but try transplanting some from another area if that's what you want to try. I've got sumac but rarely see it chewed/ stripped during winter but a host of other stuff is stripped as high as the snow will take them.. rose/ autumn olive gnawed hard this past winter, so much so I 'm concerned about losing the shrubs.

Maybe my sumac is too old but rarely see any activity and believe me I'm always watching for rabbit sign.

[buzz]

Timberdiddle is always watching bunny's

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Sumac seeds?

[redarrow]

Rabbits love to browse it around here. I never tried to get it to grow. It usually grows where I don't want it. If the seed pods would help you, I could get some in the fall for you.

[bushmaster]

Deer eat it all the time were I hunt. Sumac is a weed!

[redarrow]

Propagation

Staghorn sumac self-propagates from root suckers. Start new plants by digging up emerging shoots from around the base of the plant in early spring, before their leaves appear. Transplant the shoots to a prepared nursery bed with consistently moist, well-mulched soil. After their roots have developed sufficiently, typically in one or two years, move them to their permanent locations. Exceptionally hard seed coats make propagating staghorn sumac from seed a very difficult, time-consuming process.

[bawanajim]

Rabbits love it and will skin the shoots as high as the snow allows, thats why I thought if I could get it started it would be a natural food source.

[trapperrick]

Never thought about planting sumac. It just seems to grow everywhere around here. I'd just say plant the things that grow on them.