Quercus coccinea, scarlet oak, growth rate
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Comments (10)Oops, that should have been November 2010. That would have been a good trick would it not. ;-) I used the 6" pots linked below to plant them into. Those are actually hydroponic pots, but they worked just fine. The potting media was Farfard 52 mix IIRC. Acorns were planted in early April after cold stratification my my frig in moist perilite. Pots were place atop the bare ground and kept moist, but watered daily once the seedlings emerged. Fertilizer was Osmocote Plus, as it has all the major and micro nutrients. Due to daily watering, a few pellets were applied to each pot every 3-4 weeks to maintain nutrient levels. Each seedling pushed multiple flushes of growth over the growing season. In August due to extreme heat and drought, I placed each pots inside a 1 gallon pot to slow evaporation a bit. At that time the roots rapidly grow out the sides of the pots they had been in all summer. So the effect was that the seedlings had been air pruned all summer, had no dominant tap root, and had a dense root system at the time of going into the ground, and are up to three feet tall. I will try to upload a picture of them later. Arktrees Here is a link that might be useful: 6 inch Pots...See MoreSplotches on Quercus coccinea oak leaves
Comments (10)Been seeing allot of this kind of damage and not just on oaks. I've assumed it was some insect, but have not tried to find the culprit as the damage has not been extensive enough to cause concern. But I haven't noticed damage like this in years past. Perhaps related, I have seen allot of damage to our crabapples and serviceberry that appears to be grasshopper, but again I have not definitively ID'ed the culprit. These two things taken together, makes me wonder that with the exceptional droughts locally the last two years, if the populations of pests crashed due to a lack of healthy hosts, resulting in a crash in the population of predators. This year having been much better, the damaging pest population would likely rebound much more quickly than their predators, resulting to more damage to the plant hosts. I don't "KNOW" that this has happened, but it does fit the observations locally. So I don't have a name for you, or a pest, just a hypothesis. If it returns next year, I will be more concerned. Arktrees...See MoreQuercus coccinea has a red leaf!
Comments (8)It's hard to say - we were WET WET WET until mid July, then someone turned off the spigot. Aside from a nice 1" soaker two weekends ago, we've had NOTHING in appreciable rain since then. Crossing fingers that Karen gives us some rain as is currently likely. It seems to vary a lot here. Some Liquidambars are turning DEEP red on the outer leaves already (some purples too) and some are still green but the inner leaves are dropping and yellow. If some rain comes soon, I think colors will be good....See MoreQuercus coccinea
Comments (28)I posted a question and it got sent to the conifer forum, I wasn't paying attention to the forum intermingling that was going on when I pushed the submit button, but anyway here goes. Does Q. Coccinea compete well in growth with Q. Rubra, Q. Alba, Q. Robur, Q. Durandi, Q. Phellos, Q. Imbricaria, Chinkapin oak ( can't think of the name )? I don't expect anyone to get technical about each tree, but in a general situation, if you planted it near ( 35 ft at the closest) these trees, to create a small wooded plot will it compete well enough to not be overtaken. I have heard they grow slow, that's why I ask. All of the other trees will be small, just like the Q. Coccinea, when they are planted. This will be a small area so it won't be like a large forest as far as darkness. Hope I mentioned all the info needed for an informed answer, I usually forget something!...See Morehairmetal4ever
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