My Red Oaks are producing lots and lots of acorns this season....More than I've seen in over ten years.
L-O-LWonder how they would burn in the stove once dry
Well a friend of mine said they sprout on the surface and didnt think they would grow sub-soil like that... Maybe they dont need to be as deep IDK but I figured it would be worth a try. Im going to "seed" the crap out of the spot I have and hope in 30 years I have some nice oaks for firewood or milling. I've only been a land owner for 4 years and have a LONG way until retirement. The ash are on the way out and the the maples are next in line to fill the gaps. Might as well try to plant premo species...Wonder if there's anything to the notion of a really snowy winter when there's a ton of acorns produced...? And Marshy I don't see why your planting method wouldn't work...heck you're doin' what just the squirrels do and the acorns they forget about sure do sprout.
I collected acorns several years ago in the fall and planted them in "hills" of 5 acorns. I did nothing special, just picked them up and planted them where I wanted them about 2 inches deep. The following spring all but maybe two or three germinated, I thinned the "hills" to the one strongest in late summer. Sadly, I should have protected them with chicken wire or some such... the deer munched them off during the next winter (except for one which is about 15 feet tall now).I walked around my woods with a broken rake handle and popped a hole on the dirt ~4" deep. I then put an acorn in it and lightly covered the hole with soil.
Same here in Vermont. Just for fun, I parked my truck under one of the trees (protecting the windshield) and listened to the sound of the acorns falling into the bed of the truck.My Red Oaks are producing lots and lots of acorns this season....More than I've seen in over ten years.
Thanks for that. I'm too busy to actually germinate them. I figured nature seems to do it well enough I will just help a little by putting them there. I will go a little shallower, maybe 1-2" sub soil. That will make the turkey and deer more happy.There's actually a whole proper way to germinate acorns.
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Nope I have looked into this over last several years and found zero connection . Mild winters can have the most acorn production tooWonder if there's anything to the notion of a really snowy winter when there's a ton of acorns produced...? And Marshy I don't see why your planting method wouldn't work...heck you're doin' what just the squirrels do and the acorns they forget about sure do sprout.
Wonder how they would burn in the stove once dry
Any moisture tends to become steam in the heat of a fire... and acorns sort'a become like mini fireworks when that happens.
Wonder if there's anything to the notion of a really snowy winter when there's a ton of acorns produced...
Same here with my big Bur Oak on top of the hill out back. Ground is completely covered with acorns! By far the most I've seen in the 20 years we've been here!My Red Oaks are producing lots and lots of acorns this season....More than I've seen in over ten years.
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