Cold hardy sawtooth oak

[christiejr123]

Hello everyone! New member here. I currently live in Ohio (zone 6A) and I manage my family farm in New York (zone 5A/B) while I am working towards purchasing land here in Ohio. I am going to be starting some trees from seed in the spring. I already ordered by rootmaker propagation trays and pots. My plan is to plant some chestnuts and oaks this first year.

I am looking for a source for some cold hardy sawtooth acorns (late dropping preferably). I would like to be able to plant some of these trees at our farm in NY where the winters are quite cold. From researching online, it appears that a lot of the sources are from the south. Anyone have any ideas on a source or a specific strain I should be looking at? Thank you!

 

[Teeder]

I'm in Erie County PA. You're welcome to some of my sawtooth acorns. I wouldn't say they were late dropping, but they've been hardy here.

 

[Teeder]

Welcome, btw!

 

[christiejr123]

I'm in Erie County PA. You're welcome to some of my sawtooth acorns. I wouldn't say they were late dropping, but they've been hardy here.

Teeder, that would be great! Thank you very much. I will reach out when fall rolls around.

 

[Wild Thing]

Plant a variety Christiejr. I have successfully planted Swamp White Oak, English Oak, Bur Oak, Northern Red Oak and probably others here in Upper Michigan - Zone 4b. Variety is the spice of life. They won't all give you good acorn crops in the same year so make sure you have several different varieties.




















Good luck with your oaks.

 

[Teeder]

Teeder, that would be great! Thank you very much. I will reach out when fall rolls around.

Going along with what wildthing said above, I can give you some of my english oak acorns, too.

 

[j-bird]

As summer progresses into fall we typically have a "seed/nut" swap thread so you can trade, borrow or barter acorns and other nuts and seed of different types from all over the country. Acorns tend to be the top of the list, but you tend to see paw-paw, persimmons, and nearly anything you can think of. If you don't see it...ask and someone somewhere more than likely will have some.

 

[christiejr123]

Plant a variety Christiejr. I have successfully planted Swamp White Oak, English Oak, Bur Oak, Northern Red Oak and probably others here in Upper Michigan - Zone 4b. Variety is the spice of life. They won't all give you good acorn crops in the same year so make sure you have several different varieties.


Good luck with your oaks.

Thank you, that is good advice! The property has a lot of Northern Red Oaks so my plan was to start the Sawtooth Oaks, White Oaks/SWO, and Dunstan Chestnuts this first year to see how things go.

 

[Nightvision]

Down here in Georgia, we have a lot of white oak and sawtooth. Not sure I have ever seen any that were late dropping. I have one tree that started dropping this weekend. It’s a monster of a tree.

 

[Teeder]

My sawtooth oaks are just starting to turn brown. These are the first that I've found. They'll be dropping by the first week of archery here.

 

[b116757]

Might try some Burgambel cross white oaks $3 each, order in multiples of 5 cold hardy to zone 3 and drought tolerant. Should be a good substitute for Sawtooth oaks for northern zones. I just ordered 15 myself to try out at the farm. I don’t need the cold hardiness but am interested in trying them out anyway.

Pitkin Forest Nursery