JoB's Acorn to Oak Tree Thread

[JoB]

My first contest entry

Acorns already planted ( mid and late Oktober )

Quer cus  rubra - Northern red oak - fresh acorns from tree at work (blue pot - perlite/coco + vermiculite)
Quercus robur - English/German oak - fresh acorns from trees in our village (orange pot - perlite/coco + vermiculite)
Quercus petraea (sessile oak) - acorns bought from internet (large tray - perlite/coco)
Quercus faginea (Portuguese oak) - acorns bought from internet (large tray - perlite/coco)t
Quercus pyrenaica (Pyrenean oak)- acorns bought from internet (large tray - perlite/coco)

Quercus suber/Cork Oak- acorns bought from internet - I will plant in spring.

 

[czaczaja]

Is there a particular reason why you didn't mix in verm for the last 3?

 

[JoB]

the only reason was that I had run out

 

[JoB]

Found some more American red acorns so planted them today, I still have some corkbark oak, but I will start them off in February inside

 

[czaczaja]

Found some more American red acorns so planted them today, I still have some corkbark oak, but I will start them off in February inside View attachment 522303

Are those cherries?

 

[JoB]

Are those cherries?

The other seeds in the tray are lime and a few sweetgum I had lying around

 

[JoB]

Planted 12 of the Cork bark ( quercus suber) . I still have 8 but I am going to wait and see if these start sprouting or not before planting the rest as I have restricted lighting for my indoor plants and don't want to have too many needing light before the spring. If nothing is showing by mid Feb I will plant the rest

 

[JoB]

So the cork bark acorns I tried to start in the house decided to just go mouldy, despite using hydrogen peroxide as preventative measure, I bought the acorns online and not sure that it was a good source anyway, so bought some more ( different source) planted to go in my garden shed ( with window) and I will try my luck outside, the rest of the others I also threw into a pot and in my shed. I am getting some more this week hopefully, so they will also get planted and put outside

 

[JoB]

Spring is springing so started planting out. I decided as I seem to have a higher success rate than I expected that I would try some experiments ...cutting tap roots, adding a washer, placing a tile under etc ...started with a couple of the German/English Oaks and some of the US red ...

 

[JoB]

So, one tray with multiple different oaks clearly got too wet ( we have been getting alot of rain lately) and most of them had sprouted, but then turned to mush, ...so currently running with US red oak, German/English Oak and Cork oaks ,let's see who survives the next stage

 

[JoB]

US red oaks and German/English Oaks growing, stalling a bit this week due to temperature drop...Cork oaks all had healthy roots when I transplanted, but none popping their "heads out" yet...also have a few more US red oaks which are still in a tray, they are pushing up, but not seeing any green yet and some in root pouches - same status. I have done a random mix of normal pots, pond baskets and root pouches to see what seems best.

 

[JoB]

I had forgotten that I had ordered some pin oaks in October....they arrived yesterday , I have planted them but not expecting anything ...the english/German oaks are doing OK, same with the US red, the corkbark oaks have roots but are being very slow to poke their heads up. I wired a couple of the larger red oaks, will see how they react the next couple of days, if they remain fit then I will wire some more so they are not all straight sticks.

 

[JoB]

Update..
13 US red oaks ( acorns from a tree at work)
9 English/German Oaks ( acorns from our village)
14 corkbark oak ( ebay purchase from Bulgaria)
Some wired, some with tap roots cut/ washer added, and various different "pots" just to see what difference they make. A few I up potted into slightly larger root pouches already.
One of the corkbarks ( the tiny one) got pulled out and thrown around a month or so ago and I thought it was a goner, but seems to be growing again. A couple of "clumps" or twins growing so that will be interesting.
Based on leaf size and branching it is clear that the corkbark are probably the best candidates, ....we will see..need to get through the rest of the summer and survive their first winter

 

[JoB]

Some losses....I presume from a bird...some were already 15 cms high, came out in the morning to empty pots

9 US red oak
7 German/English Oaks
13 Cork oak

Some I up potted twice already with no ill effects. Some got flatted by the wind and rain we have had this summer but I decided not to put stakes in, just let them grow how they want. Some of the US red and English Oaks had a little wire on

 

[JoB]

Ooppps found these in a corner...6 x US red Oaks ( mixed up with some sweetgum, and 1 more English oak

 

[JoB]

Status fron today
First the US red oaks

 

[JoB]

German Oaks

 

[JoB]

The Cork bark are not so easy to photograph as I have 7 all together set in a tray with substrate and don't want to disturb them until repotting time

 

[JoB]

I realised yesterday that I have ALOT of repotting to do this spring, so decided to start early on the trees that I have frost protected. So that means the Cork bark oaks are on the list. Got a few done, will try to get the others done in the next days

 

[Sunder]

I realised yesterday that I have ALOT of repotting to do this spring, so decided to start early on the trees that I have frost protected. So that means the Cork bark oaks are on the list. Got a few done, will try to get the others done in the next daysView attachment 581890View attachment 581891View attachment 581892View attachment 581893View attachment 581894View attachment 581895

Nice!
How old are those? I started 44 cork oaks from seed last year. Over wintering them in WI now. They seem to be fine. I have them in my basement now at 62* with grow lights on them. Still waiting to see new growth.