Should I grow Live oak in a container?
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Sara Malone Zone 9b
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Growing oaks/maples in containers
Comments (2)I did this several reays ago for my brother. I sunk 5-gal pails into the ground-- with several holes in the bottoms and then places a small (under 2 foot) oak, hickory or sugar maple in each pot. just using the soil they were growing in. mulched well. i moved the trees from whereever & whenever i found them. if it died by the next spring i just started a new plant. those that grew over the summer i took to him for his birthday in october. he planted them out that weekend. all but one survived-- I gave him 12 trees one year and 8 the next. i think the trick is using small trees anmd then letting them have a season to grow before final placement. also planting in a 5 gal pail ensures that you aren't disturbing the 'root ball' when you move them. with your oak, you could just pamper it along and see what happens diggerb...See MoreLive oak tree. When should a Live oak be dormant?
Comments (5)I think mailing success has more to do with how you package them rather than when you mail them. In other words, I would not send them bare-root. If you minimize root trauma, they should mail well in Fall or Spring. The heat of the summer might be bad if they sit in a package in the sun. And, I would probably not send them in late winter if they had already come out of dormancy (have tender new growth) and you are expecting them to sit on someone's doorstep during an arctic cold invasion....See MoreDoes Coast Live Oak grow tall before wide?
Comments (18)OP here. Yes, I'm on the west coast and it's a Quercus Agrifolia (well, at least that's what the planter said, I haven't asked it directly :-) ) Sigh, I knew I should have planted one when I was 10 - but I didn't own this property then! I told my kids I planted one for each when they were each born. So I guess they'll get to enjoy the gnarly look of it when they grow up. Which means they are going to continue fighting well into middle-age. Grr. Thanks for the confirmation Sara!...See MoreOak tree growing crooked: should I stake it or let it do its thing?
Comments (3)Oaks don't 'like' to be forced to do anything. - staking a tree that size will be remarkably unproductive - the current lean will never be enough to cause it to fall from it's own weight - the crown will even up but that section of trunk will retain that lean Looks like a Live Oak? It's not a tree with a long central leader anyway so the current form will evolve into a form that you'd note as typical for the species (ie. not having a long straight dominant leader)....See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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