DCO Growers?

letemgrow said:
When I was on Tarkio prairie, they were growing with hazelnuts and Forbes on a prairie type hillside. Everything was 6' or less tall there. Easy to find on the "natural area" the map for Tarkio prairie has. Have to walk 1/2 mile or better to get too em but it's worth the trip to see remnant dco's.
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Phil,
The one in my picture above is from seed I got from you I think when you gathered up there (2008?). When are your acorns usually ready for harvest? I have seen small ones on my tree above but have never collected a viable acorn. Also glad you made it over here.
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Here's one in my back yard that I direct seed three years ago. It is about 30" tall now. Picture taken this spring. I've since cleaned up around it and got rid of some of the competition. I was expecting it to do a little bit more growing this year but it hasn't really done much. DCOs are frustrating.



Matt
 
wbpdeer said:
I will start this thread with the hopes we get forum users to post here. This year (2016) I put DCO in my cycle. I purchased from Blitz who posted on the old site. Wish he was here.
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He is a she. LOL. I stop by their house every fall and drop off honey and jelly in exchange for hazelnut/oatmeal cookies! I will contact her and let her know to come over here. They got a lot of pretty DCO's.
 
THE LLC said:
He is a she. LOL. I stop by their house every fall and drop off honey and jelly in exchange for hazelnut/oatmeal cookies! I will contact her and let her know to come over here. They got a lot of pretty DCO's.
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LLC that is who I got my DCO from that I have been growing from nuts. Tell them I lost their contact information.

I would hate to miss this year. I made beginner mistakes with first batch and ready to do better. Thanks for the info.
 
E_308 said:
Phil,
The one in my picture above is from seed I got from you I think when you gathered up there (2008?). When are your acorns usually ready for harvest? I have seen small ones on my tree above but have never collected a viable acorn. Also glad you made it over here.
E
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Better be there by early September or you will miss out. I'd start on September 1st if you can and see how close they are. By say September 10th, all I can find are shells on the ground.
 
mattpatt said:
Check this video out (latest one posted). This is what we have to look forward to a few years down the road... You'll need to be on facebook to view...

https://www.facebook.com/thewildlifegroup/

Matt
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Matt that is an excellent video. I like he showed the two different shapes that we might get. I have many strategically planted with intend to plant another 100 over 225 acres in the next two years. I did purchase bare root from Alan at the Wildlife Group but now I am growing from the DCO nuts.

Thanks for sharing this. ;)
 
THE LLC said:
I texted her. She said she'd come over this weekend.
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Okay, Tommy. Here we are: Troy and Sabine (aka Blitz)
(Sabine does the forum postings, Troy gives the info to put on. hahahaha...)

wpdeer/Wayne, you are on my list for 2016. I haven't forgotten you. (our email: dconebraska@gmail.com)

I saved a lot of the info from the qdma forum ("How to grow dwarf chinkapin oaks from seed), so hopefully, I'll be able to post it here sometime this weekend.
 
Blitz said:
Okay, Tommy. Here we are: Troy and Sabine (aka Blitz)
(Sabine does the forum postings, Troy gives the info to put on. hahahaha...)

wpdeer/Wayne, you are on my list for 2016. I haven't forgotten you. (our email: dconebraska@gmail.com)

I saved a lot of the info from the qdma forum ("How to grow dwarf chinkapin oaks from seed), so hopefully, I'll be able to post it here sometime this weekend.
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I have a one word reply.

Outstanding!

Welcome. I am excited to get a second crack at DCO in containers.
 
catscratch said:
I'll take some pics this weekend of my natives. I don't know how old they are but there are plenty of shorts ones that have acorns.
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Here ya go. The first one is about 5ft tall with a trunk a little bigger around than your thumb. The second pic is a cluster of them with forearm sized trunks. All are loaded with acorns this yr. I see little chance that they are DCO, but it never hurts to have others look...
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catscratch said:
Here ya go. The first one is about 5ft tall with a trunk a little bigger around than your thumb. The second pic is a cluster of them with forearm sized trunks. All are loaded with acorns this yr. I see little chance that they are DCO, but it never hurts to have others look...
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Leaves look more like DCO to me that regular chinkapin.
 
South Central Kansas... they predominantly grow on the rocky outcrops near the top of a bluff.

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catscratch said:
South Central Kansas... they predominantly grow on the rocky outcrops near the top of a bluff.

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I'd definitely take a handful to try!!! Live in Olathe and would plant them there along with a buddies property in Chanute. PM Sent!!!
 
catscratch said:
After watching you guys start them by seed I'm not sure I want to go down that path. These bare root trees are going slow enough.

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The best part about direct seeding for me is the diversity that can be achieved, since not all nurseries have KS, NE, IA, MO etc etc remnant sources.

Acorns are being produced on both the direct seeded and seedling plantings I've done since 2007 or 2008. I would not be able to tell the difference today which was which had it not been known.

My best "DCO" from an Oikos seedling....not sure if its a true DCO since others are half its size and throw on way more acorns. This one has only had a few the past couple years. The DCO next to it is also a seedling from the same batch from Oikos for example.....

 
This was the fall of 2012 from a Tarkio Prairie DCO planted in 2007 or 2008 as an acorn (wished I kept better track).

Had acorns that year and is well out of the cage now.



As of 2015....have not been back this year to look them over.

 
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