Recent content by OakSeeds

here is a firm in central IL that may be good for advice or help ../ probably wouldn't be inexpensive https://wiegandland.com/services?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22962546472&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwcT38M-JkQMVIzYIBR2W grapple ... another way to remove them . works pretty well but you need to do...

Great discovery ... late dropping English oak. On Sept.-30 a fellow who gathers acorns for us showed me an English oak tree loaded with acorns that had yet to drop an acorn. Today, November 5, 2025 I visited that same tree and was astonished that the ground was covered with fresh acorns (heavy...

Posted on the Mississippi Native Plant Society Group .... "Nice walk with XXX XXXX yesterday. He pointed out this Scarlet oak infected with the Chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. I was unaware that many Oaks can harbor the disease seldom dying from it. Symptoms are cankers and...

my guess is 7 days probably no problem for almost any swo (excluding freshly planted trees) - especially an established tree 6-8-inch diameter during winter or tree in dormant period since oxygen needs would be much lower than during growing season. Most well established swo trees could probably...

Remington 870's were a real workhorse for a relatively inexpensive shotgun you could use as a push pole to get to your blind and turn around and shoot a limit of ducks with it. The old Model 11 Sportsman was a heavy gun but performed and held up well. Perhaps the best field grade gun...

betcha didn' choot 97 tims to kill them mini-pigens 😉

Fingers dilemma supports my belief that one should not plant a tree with expectations for fruiting (and hoping for heavy mast on a frequent basis) with out sourcing the tree. If you can get information (generate it through a 5-year observation) about the parentage of the tree (especially...

Aesthetically, they are - IMHO - the most attractive of all white oak species. With their silvery leaf underside they almost sparkle/shimmer when they flutter in a wind. I believe they are the best street tree available among the oak species including both pure SWO's and any hybrids with an...

A gentle reminder... be on the lookout for potential hybrid white oak trees in your community. They could be oak trees producing acorns or young trees that are located in such a way that cross pollination is possible when they begin producing acorns. The attached photo exhibits a good example...

HBTD ... is that a new form of "pay" dirt cause it certainly isn't dirt cheap ... that's like 750 cubic yards of high quality loamy composted soil where I live - and that includes a pretty good quantity discount!

very nice deer ... and 5 crab claws helps and is s a bit unusual ... best I ever got was 4

Teeder ... road trip Tuesday to check out 2 trees one of my sources told me about ... 1st one is Quercus Robur aka English oak ... tree was loaded and not a single cap or acorn on the ground. Acorns exhibited all characteristics of EO ... elongated shape, faint lines running the length of acorn...

from the Iowa DNR web page .... maybe they got lucky? Bottomland Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Zones 3-9 Growth Rate: slow (less than 12" per year) Height: 50-80' / Spread: 25-30' pH Levels: 7-7.5 Soils: prefers moist bottomland sites Sun: requires full sun Tolerate: drought, high pH...

I don't really have a dog in this discussion, so I probably ought to stay on the porch. However, this is a teachable moment and the only contribution I will make to this thread. Sdoyle1 said ... "I stand by my statement that those who have enough hate to cheer on a murder are those who are...