Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
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DMarley83
DMARLEY83
I would and appreciate that. What are your thoughts about dropping an acorn in the furrow of tree planter?
Not gonna be great. Need to do a lot!!!!! Rather grow em & plant or protect seed in tube right outta the gate
I’d love some & would grow as many as convenient to collect if happens to work.
theDoorman
PMA Member
I have tried this in the past and never had success. Save yourself the trouble imo.
Now I pot everything and then transfer to the field. Planted 400 this spring and only had 2 not make it.
I will add this, use a grow tube. I had some oaks put on 3' this year (no joke). I will never plant an oak without a grow tube again. Worth the $5 per, with a success rate like that.
DMarley83
DMARLEY83
I am familiar with tree tubes... This pic is about 3 acres of the 25 we did this spring.
Issue is I have a scheduled planting this spring. If I were to pot and transplant them looking at 2027 for planting....
How do the Blue Jay's do it so effectively?
I do understand success % would be far less but what stops em from growing?
What if I hand planted the nut in the furrow and tubed the nut?
Anyone ever try this?
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I’d love to have some and would gladly send you a check to cover time and expenses, if you’d consider that. I had a couple growing about 15 years ago and they were mowed down. I’m at my farm in southeast Iowa this weekend and enjoying myself. Thank you!
We collected thousands of acorns and tossed them on 3-4 sprayed acres, tilled them in, and then packed. I am not sure how well it will work.
This weekend we are going around with a bulb drill bit and a cordless drill and dropping in even more. I figure if 1 in 20 makes it ill have a ton of trees.
Will see....
This weekend we are going around with a bulb drill bit and a cordless drill and dropping in even more. I figure if 1 in 20 makes it ill have a ton of trees.
Will see....
hillrunner
PMA Member
I've considered doing this exact thing. Please follow up on this. A worry for me is the weed pressure that's going to come after I disk. Will the trees be able to survive under 8' ditch weed and a matt of Canadian thistle or do I need to find a way to control that?
I sprayed it 3 times prior to tilling so I am hoping that isn't a huge problem. I also seeded the entire area to white Dutch clover to try to help suppress weeds.
Experiment for sure with no guaranteed results.