No Sawtooth acorns

lakngolf

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Little tractor work this afternoon. And drove by many 12 year sawtooth. Normally loaded but I could not find a single nut. Since they started producing I have had only one slow year. That year a few trees had acorns but I'm thinking zero this year. Glad I got that lime out to make food plots sweet!
What are ure you seeing? Did those two late milling frosts take them out?
 
I will try to remember and look at mine next week. I do remember seeing the pollen but haven't looked since then.
 
How were the rains during pollination time?. Frosts certainly have their affect but rains or high humidity have more affect than people realize.
 
How were the rains during pollination time?. Frosts certainly have their affect but rains or high humidity have more affect than people realize.
February was unseasonably warm all around, then March and April had some tough cold spells. I want to think rainfall was heavy at times but may have been lengths of days without any.
I was hoping to get some acorns on my 2015 planted trees. I have watched them carefully. So the other day I decided "well I need to know when the other trees put on acorns". That is when I checked and found nothing. But it will be alright. They will be back, along with the 2013 trees.
I do know that I lost all pear buds during the cold spells.
 
Last year we had no mast production from Post oak or BlackJack oak or Bur oak in central okla. They did fine in eastern Ok though. But the Sawtooth & Shumard acorns were plentiful. This spring was even worse than last year so i'd be surprised if any of them produce since we had 2 hard freezes in the mid 20's and snow in april. I'll say this though, STO is the easiest seed to germinate i've ever seen. Over 90% germination direct seeded in a garden.
 
As I stated above I've had the one year with limited production and then loaded the next. So I am hoping 2006 trees and trees from seed planted 2013 will show out next year
 
Mine are loaded. Sawtooths take two years so last year's frost would affect this year's crop. Not this year's weather.
 
None that I can see on mine. Last year was the 1st year of fair production on most of mine. A couple others were planted a year later and didn't make 'corns last year but no signs of acorns on them this year either.
 
How were the rains during pollination time?. Frosts certainly have their affect but rains or high humidity have more affect than people realize.
We had rain almost daily in March and April. My Sawtooth don't have acorns this year, but my pears, apples, crabs, wild cherry, DCO, and sequin are all producing a bumper crop this year.
 
I thought Sawtooth was advertised to produce every year...no?
They will. Last years blooms will be this year's acorns. This year's blooms will be next year's and so on. However a killing freeze on the blooms this year will eliminate NEXT year's crop even though you may get acorns this year from last year's blooms.
 
Little tractor work this afternoon. And drove by many 12 year sawtooth. Normally loaded but I could not find a single nut. Since they started producing I have had only one slow year. That year a few trees had acorns but I'm thinking zero this year. Glad I got that lime out to make food plots sweet!
What are ure you seeing? Did those two late milling frosts take them out?

Lak, finally remembered to look today. Yes, my trees are loaded with acorns. They are small looking right now but should grow well.

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I looked again recently. Maybe the natural oaks will produce and or the deer will really like my recently limed plots!
 
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