This is definitely going to be an interesting year for acorns

[jsasker007]

Had a porky burning up all my film back in the days of developing your cam pics 50 miles away. Couple of rolls of film watching a porky take his time crawling down a tree and then crawling down a log towards a stump that I put a salt block on to get pictures of deer. It would take the little bastard 45 minutes to get down and eat some of the salt enriched stump all while being in front of my camera. I don't even use cameras anymore but that sure was maddening to see on almost every picture.

 

[b116757]

They can and will kill trees maybe more of an issue where I grew up idk but they would put hurting on aspen and basswood staying in the same tree for far to long stripping all the limbs of bark

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I just got a picture of one on my hunting property. I've never seen one this far west in pennsylvania.

They love anything wood. They chewed the front porch of an uncle's cabin so badly, he had to replace the porch. They even ate his wooden tree platform / stand.

 

[BuckSutherland]

Working at my buddy's place this morning west of Minneapolis about an hour. He has a real nice burr oak in the yard. Big crop this year. They were all on the ground already. I did not see one left in the tree and nothing fell for the 5 hours I was out there. Wouldnt take very long to scoop up a couple pails from that tree.

 

[Turkey Creek]

They started dropping her in the last couple of days. Time to relocate a couple of cameras. Unfortunately hunting my oaks is not as easy as hunting my plots. Need to brainstorm and come up with a couple of stand locations for high acorn years.

 

[OakSeeds]

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 arboretum will have lots of info about those trees. Age, species, fruiting history/propensity, blab, blab, blab ... you have located some potentially very valuable habitat oak trees. Thanks for sharing!

 

[BuckSutherland]

^^^

I direct seeded acorns from those trees on my land in northern MN over labor day weekend. I put 3-4 acorns in a tube and then surrounded the tubes with pea rock so the rodents cant get in. I planted them in the middle of my old food plots. They should get full sun for years to come. Planted them in 5 different spots. I was sure to keep track of the different acorns I collected so I will always know which tree was the parent. Its written on the tubes with marker. Assuming I get a few survivors I'll put a weed mat on them next spring and give them PREMIUM care for years to come. They have got a couple inches of rain since I planted them. I wont see them again until Thanksgiving at the earliest.


Still have some left in the fridge. Gonna direct seed a few at my buddy's place very soon. He has a few wide open spaces as well. Would be awesome to see them 30 years from now.

 

[BuckSutherland]

I had a couple dozen acorns from this mammoth white oak at the MN Landscape Arboretum. Directed seed some of them on my land up north. Also have some in pots outside at my house and a few in the fridge in a moist paper towel. The ones in the fridge are starting to germinate. The ones outside in the pots are also germinating and sending the tap roots down. No idea on the ones up north and they are the ones I am most concerned with. They have had good rain since I put them in the ground. Hope I get a couple survivors. I wont know until next year.

I really like the ones in paper towels in the fridge. Now that they have spouted the could easily be transplanted. Hoping to find a couple people around home that will let me direct seed them for a lawn tree.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Anyone mind helping me with ID on this one? I thought maybe a white or chink. Took an early spring pic to show leaves. Jap Beatles or cicadas, something did a number on them this summer. It produced a ton of these funny looking acorns. I filled a couple buckets and put in my basement. Have no idea how to go about growing them. Just seems like a good oak that likes the ground here.

 

[Teeder]

Looks like some type of red oak.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

^ ^ ^ ---X2.

 

[356]

Red oak x3. Download the Seek app by iNaturalist. It is a free app that will help ID just about plant (or critter)--especially in summer. It's helped me confirm a few oak species on our property.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Thank you gentlemen! I will do so.


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[BuckSutherland]

Anyone mind helping me with ID on this one? I thought maybe a white or chink. Took an early spring pic to show leaves. Jap Beatles or cicadas, something did a number on them this summer. It produced a ton of these funny looking acorns. I filled a couple buckets and put in my basement. Have no idea how to go about growing them. Just seems like a good oak that likes the ground here.View attachment 83027View attachment 83028

X4. Red oak. Red oaks have those pointed leaves.

 

[Teeder]

Anyone mind helping me with ID on this one? I thought maybe a white or chink. Took an early spring pic to show leaves. Jap Beatles or cicadas, something did a number on them this summer. It produced a ton of these funny looking acorns. I filled a couple buckets and put in my basement. Have no idea how to go about growing them. Just seems like a good oak that likes the ground here.View attachment 83027View attachment 83028

Can you get a picture of the trunk and any current leaves and acorns?

 

[BuckSutherland]

I was in one of the local towns today. They have a whole bunch of swamp white oak planted around town. I stopped by a few of my local favorites and they had a pretty good crop going. I also found a couple that are new to me and they were LOADED with nice meaty acorns. The squirrels were really going to town on a few of them. They were highly annoyed with my presence. I picked a couple dozen to ride around in the truck with me.

Swamp white oak is a wonderful tree. I sure hope I am alive to see acorns from some of my trees someday. All of the acorns I observed today were still holding pretty tight, but I expect most of them to be on the ground by October 15th. Lots of them were starting to get loose inside the cap. Big winds predicted here on Sunday. The critters are gonna be at the buffet.

 

[BuckSutherland]

I also have about 8 acorns from the arboretum white oak potted in my backyard. 2 of them have emerged. Several others sent the taproot down but have not yet emerged. I am still look for homes to transplant them in the next week or two. I wanna get them in the ground before winter in a couple of prominent locations.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Nice acorn crop pics, Buck! Even if you & I and others on here won't see the full production of what we plant, the benefits will be appreciated down the road. I'd like to think some kid with his Dad will be able to take his first squirrel out of an oak like those in your pics. Not to mention all the oxygen trees give off naturally.

 

[Double Creek]

Nice acorn crop pics, Buck! Even if you & I and others on here won't see the full production of what we plant, the benefits will be appreciated down the road. I'd like to think some kid with his Dad will be able to take his first squirrel out of an oak like those in your pics. Not to mention all the oxygen trees give off naturally.

I agree completely. Even the mightiest of trees start as a seed. It might as well be us that helps it along.

 

[TreeDaddy]

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree

Joyce Kilmer


Nothing gets me more in rage
A tree in tube and not a cage

bill