Question on planting and growing oaks...

[slughunter]

We have been doing a lot of work in my different woods areas to rid it of the less desired trees and bushes and we are realizing there are almost no oaks. So what im hoping to do is plant some acorns in my greenhouse in some smaller pots and transplant them when they are big enough. What has to be done to prepare an acorn for planting??? any imput is needed.

-shane

[dogdoc]

attempt to get some acorns from a fast producing oak. Some oaks can take 20 to 30 years to produce acorns. If you can find a sawtooth oak or pick up some saplings you will be much better off. They can produce acorns in little as 5 to 8 years.

As far as prepping the acorns. What I did was get the acorns in the fall. Put the acorns in a bucket of water and throw away the ones that float--those are no good. I then put the acorns in the refrigerator (vegetable drawer) in for a month. After that I planted them. I planted them about a month later in small cups and got about 70% germination.

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

Todd, did you use potting soil in the cups, or did you use native dirt?

[Adjam5]

Take a look at http://www.morsenursery.com/index.php?cPath=29&pID=866

if you don't wan to wait for those to grow and produce.

They have Oaks that will produce acorns in the 1st year! Hybrids.

White oaks produce every year and red oaks every other year.

The white oak acorns are the stuff deer go crazy for.

Good Luck.

[dogdoc]

Todd, did you use potting soil in the cups, or did you use native dirt?

a 50-50 mix of each is what I used.