Anyone who read the other day
and who would be interested in having a handful of acorns, i am gonna get some padded mailers and put maybe a dozen in each one.
I was going to decap them, and I did a couple hundred, but it’s time consuming. Plus, they need to stay moist to germinate, and the cap is a right proper little sponge ideal for that purpose. So with caps they’re bigger. I will be happy to mail them to you (Within reason) if you shoot me an email to mhardig at aol dot com. They need to be planted quick, but planting is simple; find loamy (Soft) black soil, drop them on the ground, and step on them. You can also plant them in a pot indoors and grow seedlings, and then transplant them outdoors once they acheive a reasonable size.
In wild areas, I have been putting the acorns in where they are between existing trees (better yet, dead trees or rotting stumps) in soil that is covered in leaves and forest debris, and where the seedlings will not be likely to get mowed. Here’s a good primer on oaks.
If you have a few that need a home after you give out the ones you have committed for, could I put in a request for half a dozen or so? Alaska isn’t famous for its oak forests, but Alaskan gardeners are famous as experimental horticulturalists. We’ll try anything. The winters are no harder here, the rainfall is more abundant, and there is just a chance that I can get some roots out of one or two of the nuts. Email me for address if you have a few.
Liz: I have hundreds of thousands.
Thanks but I don’t need acorns. I need whole oak trees to make into barrels for all this here ‘shine I got ready for agein’.
My son drives a timber truck; git in touch with him.
The red, white, and live oaks down here all drop acorns every three years or so. Strangely, they all do it the same year. It’s like when all the women in the audience spontaneously ovulate at a Lilith Fair concert. Anywhats, I have all I need. I use them with my wrist rocket to shoot the squirrels they attract. Circle of Life, and all that stuff.
What is this “soft black soil” of which you speak? Soil is red and is used for making pottery and bricks.
(Look ma! It’s Oggy Oakenseed!)
John: They have it in your garden supply store in bags.