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    What to do with an oak savannah?

    photos soon!
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    DIY "not to do tip" of the day with black walnut nuts for planting

    Here's a simple solution that works well for me. Put your green walnuts in a gunny/feed sack and smash them with a concrete block (use as a hammer, don't drop from garage roof). Make a metal basket out of hardware cloth (half inch or bigger (3 ft long, 2 ft wide and 8 inches deep). Now, power...
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    Steudel Oak

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    Steudel Oak

    We have a bur-chinkapin cross (Quercus macrocarpa) X Quercus muehlenbergii) and a swamp white oak - chinkapin cross (Quercus bicolor X Q. muehlenbergii F2)
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    This is definitely going to be an interesting year for acorns

    Buck S ... your post #88 is beyond outstanding; those trees are incredible. You might want to talk to the folks at the arboretum - if you already have not to get information about the trees. Sometimes it is difficult, if not impossible to get info about a/some tree(s); however, the folks at an...
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    Concordia Oaks and Swamp / Bur Hybrids

    From my experience, F2 and beyond generations "typically" exhibit the columnar shape to a great extent; however, a few (probably < 10%) take - what I would call a gnarly less-than-columnar shape. I doubt they would ever become the attractive, well-shaped full crown of a true SWO. That said, I...
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    Conspiracy theorys, where do you stand?

    It remains one of the top 2 public universities of choice in the State of Illinois ... https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-04/illinois-state-university-approaches-22-000-students-as-enrollment-sets-new-record
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    Concordia Oaks and Swamp / Bur Hybrids

    Pretty common knowledge; still, worth a read ... https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/faq/how-do-i-germinate-acorns
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    Why inst there a focus on EHD?

    Anyone dispensing copper sulfate into water from an aluminum boat - for any reason - better be careful not to spill any in the bottom of the boat. It'll eat holes in aluminum in a hurry.
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    Conspiracy theorys, where do you stand?

    Mortenson & Westwind ... many of the students at IL State are highly qualified students who didn't make it into the U of I for a variety of reasons. In fact, the U of I and ISU are considered as the 2 schools of choice - for many state residents - in the State of Illinois. Most other "regional"...
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    Conspiracy theorys, where do you stand?

    Stats for Univ of Illinois ... scroll to bottom to see data on Univ of Michigan and others for comparison. Yep, a sizable group of Asians (China, India, Japan,Korea); however not all Chinese...
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    Uncatagorized.....things we see....

    Catscratch ... you the man ... that evoked a keyboard monsoon or, as known locally, "spittle-city"! I'm still laughing. As to anyone else, if'n it were me, I'd send flowers, candy and a $100 gift certificate for the closest 4-star restaurant. 😉
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    Injured Oak Tree

    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...
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    Oak id please

    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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    Conspiracy theorys, where do you stand?

    What say ye? https://apnews.com/article/european-leaders-white-house-meeting-zelenskyy-trump-d7b082bae4136ef8932e16ac2d166303?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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