Fish
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When I first set out to plant my Home 10 acres I picked up a pack of 100 sawtooth oaks from the Indiana State Nursery. They stopped selling them shortly after. When I asked them why, I was told the state foresters were not in favor of their widespread planting. I can understand that, but they absolutely make great wildlife trees.
This is a row of sawtooths originally planted 8 feet apart behind my house. No digital pics of those trees in their infancy, but they did produce in years 6-7. They all produce now some 13 years after planting.
I thinned these trees last winter, spacing them to approximately 16 feet apart. Without a doubt, sunshine is needed for the trees to spread and bushels of nuts to fall. Here you can see logs cut for firewood and the resulting stump sprouts.
These stump sprouts are a great bonus. They will hold leaves throughout the winter and provide valuable screening, along with browse.
The trees have grown strong and now given more room, will spread out their upper canopies. Something about sawtooths that I have always thought a real positive is their winter screening abilities. These trees will absolutely hold leaves until new leaves begin to form in the spring.
This tree is planted along my yard and produces a tremendous amount of large nuts every October.
I have a row of pines along the driveway, then a row of sawtooths to the right of them. I've thinned every other pine trying to open things up without destroying the beauty of the planting at the same time. I rarely see deer in my driveway, but in October when the sawtooths are falling, it is not uncommon to see deer standing along the drive and only occasionally glancing at the house checking on us.
This is a row of sawtooths originally planted 8 feet apart behind my house. No digital pics of those trees in their infancy, but they did produce in years 6-7. They all produce now some 13 years after planting.
I thinned these trees last winter, spacing them to approximately 16 feet apart. Without a doubt, sunshine is needed for the trees to spread and bushels of nuts to fall. Here you can see logs cut for firewood and the resulting stump sprouts.
These stump sprouts are a great bonus. They will hold leaves throughout the winter and provide valuable screening, along with browse.
The trees have grown strong and now given more room, will spread out their upper canopies. Something about sawtooths that I have always thought a real positive is their winter screening abilities. These trees will absolutely hold leaves until new leaves begin to form in the spring.
This tree is planted along my yard and produces a tremendous amount of large nuts every October.
I have a row of pines along the driveway, then a row of sawtooths to the right of them. I've thinned every other pine trying to open things up without destroying the beauty of the planting at the same time. I rarely see deer in my driveway, but in October when the sawtooths are falling, it is not uncommon to see deer standing along the drive and only occasionally glancing at the house checking on us.
and the screening ability of the trees make them nearly like conifers. By year 3 on good soil, you should get benefit of some screening.
