Recent content by OakSeeds

picnic beetles carry the fungus spores to healthy trees; especially, those that have been recently pruned. Rule of thumb: never prune an oak unless it's dormant (leaves off-kind of a problem with some oaks) or after a hard frost. My rule of thumb ... prune oaks between Thanksgiving and St...

The bark on that tree, it's deep green leaf topside and - especially the silvery light color of the leaf underside all suggest a bur-swamp white oak cross (Schuttes oak). Ya'll better grab some off that tree this fall; sorry to be almost a year late in responding ... just saw the post...

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Just being a ornery devil, I imagine many folks visiting this site drive "Silverado" or "F150s" trucks and believe they are reasonably good products. Some closet "greenies" might be pushing Tesla trucks! If you dollar-cost-averaging bought 100 shares of either GM / Ford during each of the first...

I posted the paragraph below on my thread about 6 yrs ago; if you want to see pictures of some seedlings in containers (seeds were planted in milk jugs that were placed in the ground with the top of the jug (with top cut out) level with the ground. See posts 208 / 213 on my thread to see photos...

Most likely you are experiencing the effects of the iron law of hydro-dendrology ... any attempt at producing an oak tree by keeping it in a small container (especially above ground with heat from the sun or drying winds) will, sooner or later, suffer hydration problems (either too much or too...

5-6 years ago, a friend ask for a couple of trees to screen off a 10' area in the corner of his back yard. I gave him 3 columnar oak acorns and instructions on how to plant them. I recently ask how they were doing; he said you have to come see them. One tree in particular is very interesting...

Foggy 47 said ..."Lots of factors happening everywhere.....and hard to place a "blame" on any one thing. Even small neighborhoods in my community in AZ have different political perspectives ......at least according to lawn signs last fall. The folks that moved to AZ recently are mostly...

TBT ... clearly a heritage with dominate traits of the English parent. Don't quite understand your concerns ... is it slow growth, yellow leaves, etc. My experience says best growing conditions are 1. sufficient water, 2 elimination of competition, 3 adequate fertilization, and protection...

Recently, there has been some chatter on this site about hybrid oak trees ... especially hybrid white oaks. Almost two years ago (Post 302 above) I shared a photo of two distinctly different leaves on a single white oak tree. It made acorns in 2023 at an early age and produced very few last...

Bill ..... keeping Emerald green Arbovitae, American Arbovitae, Thuja Green Giant, Leyland Cypress, and GREEN GIANT Arbovitae characteristics from getting jumbled in my mind often takes more effort than I am able/willing to expend. We attempted to use Emerald Green for some light screening...

they are NOT (see explanation below) shade intolerant ... Correct answer ... the more sun, the better; however, beyond perhaps growing a little slower, and maybe less dense, they will survive/thrive with 4-5 hours of sun.

After noticing that fellows jeans, I wondered if he caught them on artificial lures or was "hogging" em. Just joking ... plus, those folks know how to fish. Great pond/lake maintenance! A recent issue of Texas Monthly magazine carried a story about private lakes in TX where the fishery is...

You ultimately will make nice returns from shares you buy in the near future; however, don't be surprised if the market craters to a new low within anywhere from a few weeks to 2-3 months. I don't believe this is going to end well. Even now, if I was buying, I'd be dollar-cost averaging...