SHOP PRODUCTS
Houzz Logo Print
sam_md

Quercus virginiana- Live Oak from seed

sam_md
9 years ago

I collected Live Oak acorns last Nov 17. Some of them were still green but I used them anyway. I sowed them in bottomless tree bands and covered the seed with sand. Within a couple of weeks they put down a root radical. I kept them cool over the winter but above freezing.
p.s. the one in the bottom left had already sprouted because it was in the mulch under the parent tree.
{{gwi:375375}}
Here they are today, some of they still haven't sent up the top so I'll be patient.
With luck, one day these will make fine trees in the capital area, coastal Virginia, or further south. Clearly they cannot survive the winters in NE Maryland where I live.
{{gwi:375377}}

Comments (14)