j-bird
Moderator
Ok - I'm going to start by saying I'm tired of screwing around with gathering acorns, and germinating them and then transplanting them in small numbers. It's a pain and I just don't feel like I am doing enough volume to really amount to anything. I want to start planting them by the 100's not the dozens.
As such I am looking for alternatives. I have found a few places (Itasca & NCR) where I can get oak "plugs" or I can get bare root trees from my state DNR (100 trees for $30).
I know you guys love to plant conifer plugs - but have you had much success with oaks? I hear how you can plant 4a plugs by the 100's, but the oaks come in a larger size. Has anyone planted these vs bare root and have any advice? In the few 100 I will buy a year the plugs will be far more expensive, but if they are that much easier and have a high success rate I may be willing to spend the money.
As such I am looking for alternatives. I have found a few places (Itasca & NCR) where I can get oak "plugs" or I can get bare root trees from my state DNR (100 trees for $30).
I know you guys love to plant conifer plugs - but have you had much success with oaks? I hear how you can plant 4a plugs by the 100's, but the oaks come in a larger size. Has anyone planted these vs bare root and have any advice? In the few 100 I will buy a year the plugs will be far more expensive, but if they are that much easier and have a high success rate I may be willing to spend the money.