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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Kleftiwallah on October 25, 2011, 13:11

Title: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: Kleftiwallah on October 25, 2011, 13:11

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.

Title: Re: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: arugula on October 25, 2011, 13:26

"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...

Title: Re: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: Trillium on October 25, 2011, 15:10

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  >:(

Title: Re: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: Kleftiwallah on October 26, 2011, 13:24

"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.

Title: Re: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: arugula on October 26, 2011, 16:19

That sounds good Tony. :)

Title: Re: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: chrisnchris on October 27, 2011, 15:08

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  ::)

Title: Re: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: Aunt Sally on October 27, 2011, 19:39

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

Title: Re: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: sunshineband on October 30, 2011, 10:17

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

Title: Re: "This year I are been mainly". . .
Post by: Kleftiwallah on November 04, 2011, 16:45

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