Fast producing oak?

[split toe]

I need some diversity, I have already have plenty of sawtooths in this particular spot. Need something else to border one end of a food plot.

 

[cutman]

You set on oaks or would you consider chestnuts?

 

[split toe]

You set on oaks or would you consider chestnuts?

Well I need something that drops into November. I also needs to tolerate wet feet sometimes, I just figured oak would be the better option. I also considered grafted persimmons.

 

[THE LLC]

Water oaks will drop into November, even December in some years. About the latest-dropping native that there is. Chestnuts will all be gone before October.

 

[weekender21]

What about AU buck IV Chestnuts? Pricey at $45/tree but they claim to drop into November.


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[split toe]

What about AU buck IV Chestnuts? Pricey at $45/tree but they claim to drop into November.


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I have another spot picked out for them,where the soil is not as wet.

 

[Fishman]

Nuttall, water and willow oak will drop in November and tolerate getting their feet wet some. I picked up about a gallon of fresh swamp chestnut acorns today and it will tolerate damp conditions.

 

[mattpatt]

Don’t plant water Oak unless you want to wait 15 years before they produce good amounts of acorns.


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[THE LLC]

Nuttall, water and willow oak will drop in November and tolerate getting their feet wet some. I picked up about a gallon of fresh swamp chestnut acorns today and it will tolerate damp conditions.

Swamp chestnut oaks are HARD to beat. They'll grow good on upland sites too. About 20 years to acorns in good locations.

 

[THE LLC]

Don’t plant water Oak unless you want to wait 15 years before they produce good amounts of acorns.

That's about dead on the money in years. But, it beats 20 - 30 with other varieties.

 

[144]

Nuttall should drop into December


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[Neahawg]

If you can find them the buck master swamp white oaks are supposed to produce in 7 yrs. Though I don't know anyone that has had them that long.

 

[split toe]

I was just reading about the Bucks unlimited swamp oak, sounds great, anybody tried it?

 

[Neahawg]

I was just reading about the Bucks unlimited swamp oak, sounds great, anybody tried it?

We have three but they just finished up here two. They look healthy so I have high hopes I was thinking I may fertilizer them this spring.

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[split toe]

We have three but they just finished up here two. They look healthy so I have high hopes I was thinking I may fertilizer them this spring.

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How old are your trees? When did they start producing?

 

[Kwood]

I’m not sure it is the same thing but we have 2,500 swamp white oak planted through a CREP program in 2001. We purchased our property in 2014 and they were producing great then. Not sure when they started, but I’m guessing it had been several years prior.

These are in rivershed areas that flood.


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[Neahawg]

How old are your trees? When did they start producing?

My phone auto corrected but that was supposed to year two they haven't produced yet.

 

[DrDirtNap]

Whatever you do...don’t plant chestnuts in any place that stays wet. They won’t tolerate wet feet at all.
I don’t know how wet your soils are but persimmons tolerate poorly drained soil pretty well. I think it’s hard to beat grafted persimmons and you can get different drop times with different varieties. You also don’t have to wait 10 plus years for production.


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[Brushpile]

In your area, Bur Oak will produce early. I have Bur Oak from The MDC that produced a few nuts in 4 years, but they drop in late October.

 

[tyeager67]

The Wildlife Group sells a hybrid chestnut that, they claim, will drop in November. I was looking at it to plant at my place but it doesn't fit my zone.