Dwarf Chinkapin Oak

[fingers]

Acorns forming nicely. I think this one is a 2nd generation tree planted as acorn from my 1st generation trees about 10 yrs ago

 

[Double Creek]

Nice! Did you cage or tube them? I’m planning on planting 15 or so and trying to develop a plan.

 

[fingers]

Nice! Did you cage or tube them? I’m planning on planting 15 or so and trying to develop a plan.

Started in 18" tube then cage.

 

[bwoods11]

I need to plant some of these …

 

[fingers]

Fun tree for variety and early season acorns, but they are mostly just a novelty for me. I have over a dozen DCO trees and they will never produce enough mast to be a significant food source

 

[TreeDaddy]

I can grow them so they must be tough some beaches

They also produce early in life ( like my ACs)

bill

 

[Telemark]

Do they tolerate Zone 4?

 

[b116757]

They grow naturally on my place in pretty much rocks next to the prickly pear cactus so they are perfect for places with almost no topsoil.

 

[Telemark]

They grow naturally on my place in pretty much rocks next to the prickly pear cactus so they are perfect for places with almost no topsoil.

I have a very rocky spot picked out for them if they will tolerate cold. There's no cactus in Ontario though. A few websites have them listed for zone 4, but they might be lying. I'd love to know if anyone has them growing in zone 4, then I will plant at leat 25 of them immediately.

 

[b116757]

Looking online they maybe are good to zone four but I’d try a couple before I planted a bunch.

 

[Telemark]

Agreed. What zone are you in?

 

[b116757]

6b

 

[fingers]

DCO acorns filling out and probably will be dropping by end of Sept