Interesting concept although I've never planted in rows.

AJE, you should look up Oikos Tree Nursery/Ken Asmus. Back when I still subscribed to North American Nut Growers he was the oak tree guru. Did some breeding work/hybridizing back in the 80's. If I remember right he's in Michgan.

I had some acorns left over so I'm trying to grow 16 of them in the house in two trays like this. 1 of the trays came with a plastic dome over it, to create a sort of greenhouse effect. Also, I recently bought this grow light.





The soil is dirt I gathered from the land. The pots are mostly those biodegradable brown ones. I keep my house cold in the winter. It'll be interesting to see if this works. Knowing how much to water them has been tricky.

good luck never had any luck trying this

I'm probably better off sticking with planting the acorn right in the ground

never give up, I'm going to try again this winter, i have about 70 one-gallon cans to plant crab apples an acorn.

Today I planted the last of the acorns I had in the refrigerator. It's interesting how this late in the year the ground isn't frozen at all

Good luck. That's a lot to plant. I find acorn planting rewarding.

Let us know how it goes

I planted 2 trays of white oak acorn pots at Thanksgiving & the 1st 1 finally sprouted today

My 3rd annual white oak acorn gathering started today. Each of the last 2 years I planted over 1k.

I have white oaks on my place, I’m just starting to hear acorns hitting the roof. The last few years we have had bumper crops of acorns. I must throw 50 gallons of them away each year and I still see them coming up all over my yard. I guess I should fill flat rate boxes up and send them out.

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Some state DNRs will buy them.

They're falling pretty good now. I have 227 in the fridge. Critters will be happy again this fall, bear hunters not so much.
The white oak I harvest acorns from has had a crop now 3 years in a row.

Do you treat for worms?
Would be a good question for
my own ag ext office.
Our chestnuts have em bad.

Each chestnut has 1 worm. Put them in the freezer for 3 months to propagate. Kills the worm.

Did not know that first part Spoke Thanks.
Over here the oaks get em too,
and walnuts, and well, all.

If acorns have worms I toss 'em. If an acorn has a worm, it's no good.

Interestingly, I brought home 88 acorns tonight & only 2 failed the viability test.

Usually I don't start gathering til ~9/1. Maybe the early ones this past week are less prone to worms.

Today was the hottest day of the year, 96°. I'm unsure whether that's hard on the acorns. I try to pick 'em up at least every other day so they don't sit long.

This is my 3rd year collecting white oak acorns & I'm still unable to predict when an especially heavy drop will occur. Sometimes I think I'll find a better bounty after a high wind or heavy rain, but it doesn't seem to be that way.

White Oaks sprout as soon as they drop from the tree. They should not be dried, and should be planted straight away. They spend all winter putting down a tap root, then put up a stem and leaves in the Spring.

Red Oaks sprout in the Spring, after chilling all Winter. They can be kept in the vegetable drawer in your refrigerator until Spring.