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Concordia Oaks and Swamp / Bur Hybrids
- Thread starter almanac12
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Duck Creek
A good 3 year old buck
I've noticed the same thing with the Concordias I planted. I ordered a pile of them the first year MDC offered them. After a couple years I started to think they were a bust at my Southern Wisconsin location. I started pulling cages off some of them to use on more promising trees. It seemed to take 5 years before they really started to put on meaningful growth. The last 3 years or so they've done great. Almost all have started producing acrons. This summer I was looking for and finding the Concordias I had given up on and re caging them. Time well spent.I'm not sure what's going on with my Concordia. They are the slowest growing of all the hybrids I have. Whether bare root or started from acorns. Also have had the highest mortality rate.
Duck Creek
A good 3 year old buck
Concordia on the left. Schuette on the right.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
HUGE acorn crop this year at my place at the lake. I got about six or eight huge Burr Oaks that may be 150 years old. Tough trees that stand up to big storms that come across the lake. Great crop of large acorns this yeas...they are everywhere. I'm thinking I should collect these acorns and heel stomp them into the soil at Deertopia. any suggestions on doing so? Better to wait till spring. TIA I could get thousands in a few hours.
This is the last chance to collect these acorns....as we have sold this place and will downsize to another place about ten miles away. Been a great place to live....but it is time. Good decision on our move.....if not a bit painful too.
This is the last chance to collect these acorns....as we have sold this place and will downsize to another place about ten miles away. Been a great place to live....but it is time. Good decision on our move.....if not a bit painful too.
bwoods11
5 year old buck +
I’ve got both planted on my farms . I’m hoping they really take off in the next 3 yrs. I should have a lot of acorns soon !
RGrizzzz
Administrator
Did you ever get around to this?
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
The Concordia I got were acorns.
They are not a jack and the bean stalk deal, but man do they look happy/ healthy!
They are not a jack and the bean stalk deal, but man do they look happy/ healthy!
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
No.....just too many irons in the fire this year. I did that some years back, but that was with white oak acorns from southern MN. Not sure I got any results from that. Was a shot in the dark.
I do see the DNR collectiing Burr Oak acorns at a golf course where I play in Nisswa. They have some trees that really put out the nuts too. I am not certain what the DNR does with them or how they might plant 'em. Forgot to ask. Some guys I play with say they come every year to collect acorns. (and I am too dumb to ask what they do with 'em. ). A golf course is a good place to get those acorns.
Maybe someone here has some methods to get good results?? I do remember about floating 'em in water and freezing them to stratify.....but I forgot what I learned in my efforts.....which may have been 12 years ago.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
Yeah.....but I am a bit too far north for White Oak survival. (from what I know). Burr Oak are best suited here. Red oak too....but not as tasty to the deer. I get good natural regen from burr oak <---my favorite method. lol
RGrizzzz
Administrator
You don't want to freeze acorns/seed nuts. You want to hold them just above freezing about 32-34 degrees. A few degrees warmer and they'll start to germinate in the fridge too early for most climates.
RGrizzzz
Administrator
No, it will kill the nuts, unless it's a very gentle freeze. I start a lot of acorns and chestnuts from seed, and have finally sorted through all the internet fiction. You want to store nuts 32-34. Most household fridges don't get that cold. I have a beverage fridge in my basement that you can set the temp for. It goes down to 34.
