OFFICIAL 2017 Nut/Seed Exchange Thread
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I will have northern red oak acorns available. Maybe 100 - 150 or so. These are from really nice red oaks in the front yard, never had disease issues, all about 25 years old. All are 20 - 25' tall. Located in zone 5a, near the 43rd parallel, on well drained silt loam over sand/gravel, soils high in calcium.
Fishman
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I have several hundred sawtooth oak acorns available to ship right now if anyone is interested. I have some that are long (about an inch) and skinny and others that are the more traditional short and fat. They all dropped within the past week although I suspect they would drop in early September in a normal year. It has been extremely wet this year, and we surpassed our yearly rainfall average at the beginning of August. Let me know if anyone is interested.I would be interested in any bur or nuttall acorns.
Familytradition
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I would like DCO, hazelnut, wild pear, pawpaw, and sawtooth. I should have northern red and chinkapin in great supply; maybe others.
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I will have swamp white oak, pin oak, and northern red oak acorns. I'm also burying hedge apples so I will have seeds available sometime around thaw, say March/April. If anyone wants to start some Sugar Maples I have them also. I also collect echinacea (purple coneflower) seeds, and would happily share milkweed pods with anyone willing to plant them for the pollinators. What would I like? Chestnuts(American or Chinese), plums, you name it!
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j-bird
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I was out over the weekend and picked several paw-paw..... Filled up my ball cap with them! If anyone is interested let me know. We can trade or just simply pay postage and I will send you some. They are "ripening" at the moment...... but I have several. Those I picked are the larger ones and are coming from trees that range in size from the size of the handle on a ball bat to some as big around as your wrist. These are native trees from the southern half of Indiana and not a particular cultivar..... if you want/need a bunch of them there are more out there where I got mine from so I can get more.
j-bird
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j-bird
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You still looking for some pawpaw? I will have plenty......
Blitz
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I've grown paw-paws (and have some going as we speak) in the past. Just be aware, if you grow them from seed, you have to be patient. The seed just sits there and sits there, and when you are ready to give up, out of a sudden the seed germinates. They are also picky when it comes to transplanting them.
wbpdeer
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I want to post this here. I have decided to skip the 2017 Chinese Chestnut shipping. I have a lab pup that is more important to me at this time. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 I shipped about 18,600 chestnuts to 32 states. I am sorry if I had indicated to anyone I put you on my 2017 shipping list.
My plans have changed for the next few months. The amount of effort to collect, clean and ship chestnuts is about a 30 hour a week job. Please make arrangements to acquire your chestnuts from another source this fall.
In 2018, I intend to resume collecting and shipping because I want to reach the 25,000 number shipped from trees in Portland, TN.
My dog will compete in his second Hunt Test on September 30th. What he and I accomplish trumps me shipping chestnuts the 4th season in a row.
Good luck to all habitat growers. Hope you are able to find a good sources for all needs.
Wayne B. Pruett
Sept. 11, 2017
My plans have changed for the next few months. The amount of effort to collect, clean and ship chestnuts is about a 30 hour a week job. Please make arrangements to acquire your chestnuts from another source this fall.
In 2018, I intend to resume collecting and shipping because I want to reach the 25,000 number shipped from trees in Portland, TN.
My dog will compete in his second Hunt Test on September 30th. What he and I accomplish trumps me shipping chestnuts the 4th season in a row.
Good luck to all habitat growers. Hope you are able to find a good sources for all needs.
Wayne B. Pruett
Sept. 11, 2017
j-bird
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Well I went to my "honey hole" for Swamp White Oak and it paid off. I got what I need and then some (guessing I have a couple hundred currently)....and there is plenty more as well. Let me know if your interested in some.... Some are ready to drop now and some where still pretty firmly in the caps. These trees are 12"DBH or so but are loaded and where last year as well.
I'll know all about hazelnut next spring- I put about 20 in my tree nursery today.
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Familytradition
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Familytradition
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I really have a variety of oaks this year. I lack sawtooth(which I would love to have),but nearly everything else in Indiana I have at least a few. I've spent a lot of time in parks and parking lots getting strange looks as I walk around and pick up acorns. Please do not hesitate to ask; too many people on here have helped me for me to not pay their kindness back.
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j-bird
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