Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Kleftiwallah on October 25, 2011, 13:11
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Trying to grow oak trees ! Now you seez 'em. . . .
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae294/Kleftiwallah/IMG_3378.jpg)
Now you don't !
(http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae294/Kleftiwallah/IMG_3379.jpg)
I'll let you know if I seez 'em again. Picked the acorns up on the canal towpath of the LLangolen canal while on a short autumnal break. (no idea just what type of oak). Cheers, Tony.
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"Great oaks from little acorns grow"*
That will be great if they all grow. :D I hope you have somewhere roomy to plant them... ::)
* -- perhaps a 14th C proverb, Oxford Dictionary of Quotations...
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They'll likely grow. Darned squirrels keep hiding them in my flower gardens and I've had to dig up quite a few maturing specimens to replant elsewhere >:(
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"They" are restoring the Berks and Wilts, or is it Wilts and Berks ? canal and it will go just along our allotment site, I thought a few along the bank would be pleasant. :D Cheers, Tony.
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That sounds good Tony. :)
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You could try this....
http://www.gardeningideas.org/bonsai/training-oak.htm
Not to everyone's taste I know.
As with Trillium, we have them appearing all over the place, I've often thought about bonsai but never get round to it......frightened of failure ::)
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Don't worry if your job is very small
And your rewards are few.
Remember that the mighty oak
Was once a nut, like you.
Anonymous
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That's a great idea to add some oaks to the country side, Tony :D
We grew some from acorns at school some years ago. They do grow a decent tap root frialy quickly and might need a little more space that thre per pot will give them, especially as they will no doubt have a good germination rate.
We only kept one of 'our trees' on iste (we have several oaks already) and it is now a good size tree after 12 years.
Good feeling that it is home grown :D :D
Best of luck with the project :D :D
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I already have some 'Supermarket flower pots' lined up. Holes drilled in the base.
Sadly I didn't keep a leaf to pin down the variety. Hopefully early next year I'll be able to name it. Cheers, Tony