Acorns on young trees

Nebraskaz71

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I know this has been discussed somewhat before but just had to post my excitement. I dug up a 6" tall tree growing from an acorn when I was a kid at my aunts house, brought it to my parents and we planted it on their farm. 15 years later "fall of 2013" they were building a new house and the tree had to be removed so I had it moved to my house down the road. It had been producing acorns a couple years at that point. I kept a few acorns back and in early 2014 I planted them in rootmaker 18s and in late may that spring I put them in tubes at my house. This spring, I discovered small acorns on one of the tubed trees. Basically 5years in the ground from seed and I have acorns on it :D They are either bur or schuettes oak trees, never have decided but I was happy to see it! Especially considering how bad the weather has been here the last few years and the tree is only a 7.5ft whip basically.
 
If you have a Bur Oak that will produce in 5 years I’d like to get in line for some of those acorns please :)
That’s a neat story.
 
I follow along on these threads about guys growing oak trees from acorns because I find it interesting reading, I've never done anything like that myself because oak trees grow like weeds everywhere that I have land and we often cut down red, white, black, chestnut and scarlet oak seedlings just to make room for whatever else we are doing at the moment. I can't imagine habitat without oaks and I commend you guys for trying to introduce them to your place if you don't have any.
 
Oaks under the right conditions can grow well. I can't say I have heard of one as fast as you claim, but I am sure it is quite possible. Hopefully it continues to do well for you and you can have a good seed source if you choose to expand as well.
 
If you have a Bur Oak that will produce in 5 years I’d like to get in line for some of those acorns please :)
That’s a neat story.


^^^THIS^^^^. This is how I got to sawtooths that I have producing their first acorns in 4 to 5 years AND some dropping as late as November.
 
I follow along on these threads about guys growing oak trees from acorns because I find it interesting reading, I've never done anything like that myself because oak trees grow like weeds everywhere that I have land and we often cut down red, white, black, chestnut and scarlet oak seedlings just to make room for whatever else we are doing at the moment. I can't imagine habitat without oaks and I commend you guys for trying to introduce them to your place if you don't have any.

Same way here, but for some reason, I still have to do it. Like an instinct or something???
 
Ill be curious to see if the acorns will grow to size or shrivel up this summer but definitely fun to watch.
 
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