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I haven't planted any pure overcup oaks. Yet nearly 70% of the Nuttall oaks planted came out of five foot tree tubes, at the end of their second growing season, at the Hillfarm in northern Kentucky.

Uses would be herbal medicine for stomach issues, shrub habitat and wild turkey food from their seed and fruit pods. I also think deer browse the shoots and young vegetation.

I have planted about a dozen bare root A. wahoo in the spring of 2017. Because they were bare root, they haven't grown much, but I have experienced no diseases, or other issues, with them. The late part of spring 2017 got a little dry and it has seemingly rained at least, once every week (or...

TreeDaddy, Thanks I am happy I found a kindred spirit and this site. I'm glad I'm not alone and have found others with the same passion for habitat. Ed

Spending more time planning and planting than hunting and painting and planting fruit trees during the rut.

25 hazelnuts 25 nannyberry 25 American wahoo 10 mulberry 10 wild plum 10 white pines 10 downy serviceberry 12 allegheny serviceberry 18 allegheny chiquapin 7 different apples 7 pear varieties Several persimmons This is all from memory so I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.

Thanks for the replies guys, I have some ideas to run with.

I just checked on the trees I'm trying to overwinter in rootmaker bags this evening. I seen my Blake's Pride pear looks to have died above the graft this winter. The tree got snapped off last fall and I attempted to save it. My question is, how would you attempt to graft to a rootstock (Ohxf...