Allegheny chinquapin , DCO, Concordia oak seeds wanted
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yoderjac
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If you still need ACs, PM me with your address. I saw a thread where Blitz was selling DCOs, but I think they are now sold out. Hopefully you got some.
Back when I was growing trees from seed in root pruning containers, I had more ACs than I had time to plant and protect at the farm. I ended up planting a bunch of them in the back yard. In full sun, they are producing like gang busters:
(The pic is from spring)
I collected a couple hundred nuts today. They are in the early phase of opening right now. I'm leaving tomorrow for the rest of the week. I'm hoping they squirrels have not eliminated the rest by the time I get back.
I tried direct seeding nuts at our retirement property last fall but got nothing. I did nothing to protect them. I sold all my rootmaker stuff and tore down my indoor growing areas in preparation for our retirement move. I think I'll keep them in the fridge over the winter. I know they don't need cold stratified, but I presume the fridge will slow down germination. We had rain the past few days and I found one still in the husk that had already started a root radicle.
I think I'll try to direct seed them in spring and try to protect them this time. I know my neighbors at the retirement property will want some.
Back when I was growing trees from seed in root pruning containers, I had more ACs than I had time to plant and protect at the farm. I ended up planting a bunch of them in the back yard. In full sun, they are producing like gang busters:
(The pic is from spring)
I collected a couple hundred nuts today. They are in the early phase of opening right now. I'm leaving tomorrow for the rest of the week. I'm hoping they squirrels have not eliminated the rest by the time I get back.
I tried direct seeding nuts at our retirement property last fall but got nothing. I did nothing to protect them. I sold all my rootmaker stuff and tore down my indoor growing areas in preparation for our retirement move. I think I'll keep them in the fridge over the winter. I know they don't need cold stratified, but I presume the fridge will slow down germination. We had rain the past few days and I found one still in the husk that had already started a root radicle.
I think I'll try to direct seed them in spring and try to protect them this time. I know my neighbors at the retirement property will want some.
KSQ2
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I would LOVE to have a few of those myself!!If you still need ACs, PM me with your address. I saw a thread where Blitz was selling DCOs, but I think they are now sold out. Hopefully you got some.
Back when I was growing trees from seed in root pruning containers, I had more ACs than I had time to plant and protect at the farm. I ended up planting a bunch of them in the back yard. In full sun, they are producing like gang busters:
(The pic is from spring)
I collected a couple hundred nuts today. They are in the early phase of opening right now. I'm leaving tomorrow for the rest of the week. I'm hoping they squirrels have not eliminated the rest by the time I get back.
I tried direct seeding nuts at our retirement property last fall but got nothing. I did nothing to protect them. I sold all my rootmaker stuff and tore down my indoor growing areas in preparation for our retirement move. I think I'll keep them in the fridge over the winter. I know they don't need cold stratified, but I presume the fridge will slow down germination. We had rain the past few days and I found one still in the husk that had already started a root radicle.
I think I'll try to direct seed them in spring and try to protect them this time. I know my neighbors at the retirement property will want some.
Did you grow them just like your chestnut trees?
yoderjac
Active Member
Yes, very similar. They don't need to be cold stratified and they are smaller than chestnuts, so they are a little easier. With chestnuts, I had to get the timing right. If I did not cold stratify enough, germination rates dropped. If I cold stratified too long, I got better germination rates, but they were not quite ready to transfer into 1 gal RB2s when our last threat of frost passed. This may be unique to my location. Longer or shorter winters would change things. Also, I found that the cold stratification period increases the chances mold will grow and spread between nuts.
With ACs, no cold stratification is needed. I would put them in the fridge crisper in baggies just like chestnuts. The purpose was just to slow them down a bit. Usually by Dec my freezer is full of venison, so I would then take them out and start them under lights. The would fill the 18s with roots about the time our last threat of frost passed and I'd transplant them to 1 gal RB2s and acclimate them to my deck. Because the nuts are free to me with ACs growing natively on the farm, I would field plant most of them when dormant directly from 1 gal RB2s.
With that very long 1st growing season, they were ready to transplant at the end of that growing season when they went dormant. I generally planted them with no protection to keep the cost down. Some would get hit by deer, but most would be fine.
If you want nuts, just PM me with your address.
If you don't have the growing setup like I did, you could always direct seed them.
Just one note. Most of my ACs seem to take a bush form. I don't know if it is the particular strain or if it is blight or something that they are responding to. Native Hunter's ACs seem to take more of a tree like form.
wbpdeer
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Hello Jack,If you still need ACs, PM me with your address. I saw a thread where Blitz was selling DCOs, but I think they are now sold out. Hopefully you got some.
Back when I was growing trees from seed in root pruning containers, I had more ACs than I had time to plant and protect at the farm. I ended up planting a bunch of them in the back yard. In full sun, they are producing like gang busters:
(The pic is from spring)
I collected a couple hundred nuts today. They are in the early phase of opening right now. I'm leaving tomorrow for the rest of the week. I'm hoping they squirrels have not eliminated the rest by the time I get back.
I tried direct seeding nuts at our retirement property last fall but got nothing. I did nothing to protect them. I sold all my rootmaker stuff and tore down my indoor growing areas in preparation for our retirement move. I think I'll keep them in the fridge over the winter. I know they don't need cold stratified, but I presume the fridge will slow down germination. We had rain the past few days and I found one still in the husk that had already started a root radicle.
I think I'll try to direct seed them in spring and try to protect them this time. I know my neighbors at the retirement property will want some.
I would like 20 to 25 AC if you can spare them. My AC tree didn't produce any mature nuts this time. I will gladly pay for these.
Thanks
Wayne Pruett
1204 S. Russell Street
Portland, TN 37148
MoreofMitch10
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Message sent!
yoderjac
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I picked more nuts this morning. I'd say about 1/2 of the burs have opened far enough to extract nuts easily. I also got a chance to send out nuts to those who requested them. All shipments have estimated delivery dates of 9/18 through USPS.
I had these in the fridge crisper over night, but I did notice that some nuts had root radicles starting. Some were even starting in the burr.
Good luck with the nuts!
I PMed tracking numbers to all who asked for nuts.
I had these in the fridge crisper over night, but I did notice that some nuts had root radicles starting. Some were even starting in the burr.
Good luck with the nuts!
I PMed tracking numbers to all who asked for nuts.
MoreofMitch10
New Member
Got mine the other day as well, thank you!
yoderjac
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Great!
yoderjac
Active Member
I'd say just pay it forward, but in your case, you've already done that 100 times over!
