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Germinating Acorns

  • 07-10-2009 5:01pm
    #1
    Bitten & Hisses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭


    Having recently acquired approx 20 acorns, I would now like to germinate them and hopefully end up with a few nice oak trees. I have successfully grown ash and sycamore from seed in the past, but never oak. Would anyone here have a step-by-step instruction list for this?


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  • #2
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    We collected some in france two years ago... I stuck them in potting compost in a sheltered corner of the garden and let them to themselves, I'd say we got about 75% strike rate... horse chestnut the same, have some more to pot now that you mention it !! ;)


  • #3
    jonny d
    Registered Users Posts: 909 ✭✭✭jonny d


    Bitten & Hisses wrote: »
    Having recently acquired approx 20 acorns, I would now like to germinate them and hopefully end up with a few nice oak trees. I have successfully grown ash and sycamore from seed in the past, but never oak. Would anyone here have a step-by-step instruction list for this?


    on a similar vein,does anyone have info on how to save seeds from whitethorn and rowan along with ash and alder.Any ideas and pointers most welcome. ;)


  • #4
    Rujib1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭Rujib1


    jonny d wrote: »
    on a similar vein,does anyone have info on how to save seeds from whitethorn and rowan along with ash and alder.Any ideas and pointers most welcome. ;)

    Why bother with seeds from whitethorn, when cuttings planted right time of year will get you the same result faster.
    For Ash, just collect the seeds from the branches or indeed the ground in the fall. plant in a bucket or sheltered corner. Keep weeds down, and animals out and you have little saplings in a year.
    No experience with Alder or Rowan, but ame principle should apply as ash.

    Rgds


  • #5
    bbam
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    As far as I know rowan and whitethorn seeds take longer to germinate, it may take two winters to break their dormancy or you could try to break it yourself in the fridge...


  • #6
    cjpm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭cjpm


    Regarding the whitethorn, any ideas when's the best time to plant cuttings??

    How long and thick should the cuttings be, and how deep should they be planted?? Should they have a lot of leaf?


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  • #7
    jonny d
    Registered Users Posts: 909 ✭✭✭jonny d


    Rujib1 wrote: »
    Why bother with seeds from whitethorn, when cuttings planted right time of year will get you the same result faster.
    For Ash, just collect the seeds from the branches or indeed the ground in the fall. plant in a bucket or sheltered corner. Keep weeds down, and animals out and you have little saplings in a year.
    No experience with Alder or Rowan, but ame principle should apply as ash.

    Rgds


    any advice regarding whitethorn cuttings and planting most welcome.;) thanks


  • #8
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    jonny d wrote: »
    any advice regarding whitethorn cuttings and planting most welcome.;) thanks

    Check this thread out...

    http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about218.html


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