Concordia Oaks

[TX-Aggie]

my old baseball coach was an official for my district. he threw a flag for what he contends was a late hit on the punter, and i contend was me keeping the punter from reaching the first down marker. when i got up and saw the flag, i referred to him by "Coach XXX" when arguing, and he referred to me by my first name with his reply. the other teams coach just stood there in shock, and said he was glad they weren't getting home cooking with how well the ref and i knew each other.

I did little umpiring for 1 season - threw out one of my friend's father when he kept questioning my calls (friend's little brother was on the team). I do not envy you sir.

But then again - Texas on a Friday night in the fall is one of the best times of year (outside of Saturdays in Kyle Field).

 

[mattpatt]

my old baseball coach was an official for my district. he threw a flag for what he contends was a late hit on the punter, and i contend was me keeping the punter from reaching the first down marker. when i got up and saw the flag, i referred to him by "Coach XXX" when arguing, and he referred to me by my first name with his reply. the other teams coach just stood there in shock, and said he was glad they weren't getting home cooking with how well the ref and i knew each other.

I did little umpiring for 1 season - threw out one of my friend's father when he kept questioning my calls (friend's little brother was on the team). I do not envy you sir.

But then again - Texas on a Friday night in the fall is one of the best times of year (outside of Saturdays in Kyle Field).

Oh yeah I could say I’ve heard it all or seen it all but something amazes me all the time. Been on the field for 24 years so far. One thing I wish I had done when got started is start a journal of all the crazy stuff I’ve seen happen (blown calls included) over the years. Would be book worthy material for sure.

 

[TX-Aggie]

Quick Update : 4 of my acorns had started taproots, so I went ahead and started them in pots last month. 2 of 4 have sprouted, 1 of the remaining appears to start at anytime, the final one I’ll keep watching though nothing showing yet.



I am thinking of moving them soon to a half soil filled 4 foot tree tube with landscape cloth on the bottom for soil retention and drainage. I will then place them in my Houston backyard for watering until next spring planting at the farm. If we have a freeze or bad weather forecasted, I think being in tubes, I could move them to safety easier. Any ideas if this would work? I figured it would be like bare root seedling stock we get from nurseries.


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[jmsandrsn]

Based on what I see in the pictures, the seedlings are not getting enough light. That one on the left is really spindly. They're trying to stretch toward the light. If they were getting enough light, it would probably be about one third that length and would have better developed leaves.

I think it would be best to keep keep them inside and either put them in a window that gets a lot of sun or put them under grow lights. Assuming they continue developing, you could plant them out in the spring. I would recommend not planting them until there is no danger of the temperature going below 50F. They will end up having an extended first growing season but I believe it would be a better outcome then putting them outside now.

 

[TX-Aggie]

I'll move them to a window that gets more light this evening. All of this growth is from the past week when I was gone on my hunting trip. Before I left nothing, I watered then came back to these growing 10 days later. Thanks for the update.

For the record, most days between now and just after the new year, Houston will have 50+ degree weather with an occasional cold snap for a day or 2 which was my thinking for moving outside.

 

[TX-Aggie]

I worked this weekend to get the acorns we collected from the Civic Building in Concordia planted in growing tubes. We have one more brief cold spell Thursday, when I can bring them inside during. 3 of the 4 initial plantings grew well in the window I moved them to until they started having problems with drainage on the pots I planted them in initially. The 4th I was digging to see if acorn was rotting, and broke the tap root by accident. I left it planted, and watched it do “nothingl. When transplanting to tubes, I noticed the taproot was sending out new roots, so I continued with its transplant.

I have 50 tubes planted, and my father will be getting another 20-25 planted in 2-3 weeks. His weather pattern is about 2 weeks behind mine. I placed them in my yard where they will get morning sun until midday, then shade in the afternoons.

Our goal is to give these a month or two head start in texas before we plant on our farm in southern Missouri in April. Hopefully, my uncle won’t brush hog these like the ones we received from Mo Dept of Conservation.



Yes, that is food plot seed in the background planters. I started doing “winter cover crops” in the planters 2 years ago, and my summer plants seem to like it, and only takes a handful of seed - ergo why not?


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[mattpatt]

Okay, I apologize for my absence. Been very busy here lately but now I’m setup to finally start sending out some acorns. If you requested some via PM I’ll soon be following up. If you want some pleas3 PM me. It’s the only way I can keep track of it versus having to wade through a huge thread.

Matt


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[TX-Aggie]

My father and I ended up getting about 75-80% germination. They have planted approx 65% of those trees, and left the rest with my uncle to plant as he sees fit. I will try to get pictures as they grow throughout the year.



Our next attempts will be propagating some Dearf Chinquapin Oaks my Uncle has in his side yard.


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[mattpatt]

If I sent you Concordia acorns this year just curious if you were able to get anything to grow?


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[RGrizzzz]

If I sent you Concordia acorns this year just curious if you were able to get anything to grow?

They're growing. Most are fairly small, but I'll share some pictures when I get a chance.

The AU Buck's never germinated though. They appeared to be moldly inside the shell. Not sure how that happens.

 

[mattpatt]

Thanks. That’s interesting on the chestnuts. I didn’t keep any myself to grow so not sure what happened there.

Matt


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[g squared 23]

Did not start inside, seeded directly into 1 gallon pots and they have done very well so far. Better than sawtooths seeded at same time.


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[mattpatt]

Here are two Concordia oaks that I have growing this year. I gave away all the other acorns that I got off of my trees last year.

Matt


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[TX-Aggie]

My father and my seedlings that we gathered and started were planted in March 2022. About 2/3s have made it so far and started growing on the property. The ones that "haven't made it" may still, but they were planted pretty deep compared to the soil level around them, so they gathered water. My father and uncle used our auger to help dig the holes, and didn't fill back what they dug out (left any gravel and rocks they found out of the hole). Next time - we will have some dirt from other places on the farm available to fill the holes and leave the seedling truck just above grade of the surrounding area.

We still have about 25 seedlings left to plant. My uncle is going to keep them in the grow tubes in a morning sun/afternoon shade spot and watering until later in the year to have a fall planting - with all the rain our farm has seen this spring, he was unable to get the rest planted, now would probably be too late before the summer heat with little rain hits.

Unfortunately I did not get any pictures, but a few of our better ones are already reaching the top of the 3 foot tubes we have. I'll try to get some pictures the next time my father is at the property.

Best part - my uncle was so impressed at what my father and I did with getting these Concordias to grow, that he is going to finally gather acorns from his Dwarf Chinquapin Oaks around his yard for 2023 growth and planting. Deer and turkey are thick in his Dwarf Chinquapin Oak groves the minute the acorns start falling. We are going to use these acorns to make Oak Mottes in our fields and opening to replace the thorn trees we currently have. My apologies for getting slightly off topic, I'll move the Dwarf Chinquapin Oak notes to that thread when the time comes, but keep updating yall on the Concordia Oaks here.

 

[mattpatt]

Concordia acorns are falling but I’m not going to have many this year due to the drought and excessive heat.


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[TX-Aggie]

I had 8 acorns leftover from my 2021 gathering, and kept them in the fridge. Pulled them out a couple of weeks ago to see if they were viable and 6 of 8 started taproots, so I’ve put them in grow tubes, along with my Ozark Chinquapins. We’ll see what they do.




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