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WY_mark
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# Posted: 25 Aug 2014 09:51pm
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Hi all. Our 36 acres has no trees of any kind and I would really like to start some scrub oak thickets. They seem to do well some miles down the road in the same climate. Problem is that I can't find anywhere to get starts. I'm wanting quite a few so $100 oak trees are out as an option. Suggestions?
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 25 Aug 2014 10:47pm - Edited by: bldginsp
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I started a bunch of valley oaks (quercus lobata) from acorns- they sprouted and took right away in pots with good soil. Just takes a few years to get them big enough to put in the ground
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TheCabinCalls
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2014 09:25am
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Chances are good that the grove a few miles from you has starters you could dig out (after you ask permission of course). You'll need to dig deeper than you think to get that tap root.
The trouble we have had with the little guys are the squirrels and deer eat them as soon as the snow covers the ground and they can't find other food.
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creeky
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2014 12:49pm
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Not sure of your area but you can also just stop mowing/disturbing that area and all sorts of shrubs and trees will begin to grow.
Squirrels will bury acorns, get eaten by owls ...
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2014 09:52pm
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I waited till September and picked up the acorns (we have western white oaks) and got well over 400 of them. Planted them all over my property, not a single one made it. PH in soil was not right. Ideally, plant them as seedlings. Seems every critter out there wants to eat the acorns. I'm surprised any make it to seedlings. They b ring in the deer too. I suspect you know that and one reason you want them.
I bought a bunch of evergreen seedlings from a nursery too. Reasonable price too.
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tichalet
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2014 09:39am
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You could contact your county cooperative agricultural extension office and ask them for suggestions on how to get tree cover established, since they'd have more localized expertise. This is exactly what these agencies are there for, they often have certified Master Gardener volunteers helping out their neighbors on questions like this so we might as well use 'em.
Click on this map for your state to find out how to contact your local system except if you're in Wyoming as your name suggests, because the UW link that the fedgov's interactive map page goes to seems to be out of date.
Instead go here & click on your Wyoming county for contact info.
Not sure what the Canadian equivalent of the County Agricultural Extension service system is, but maybe a Canadian member could tell us so that others reading this in the future with a similar question for planting trees on their property in Ca could get pointed to the right place for assistance.
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