First we live in zone 5, we would like to plant some oak on our property, which oak would you go with?
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zapny said:First we live in zone 5, we would like to plant some oak on our property, which oak would you go with?
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+1, That's where I would start. If they are growing out there in your woods Zap, it's a good bet they will do well in your yard.kenny chaos said:zapny said:First we live in zone 5, we would like to plant some oak on our property, which oak would you go with?
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Any native oak? That would be the best to duplicate.
tfdchief said:Zap,
According to my tree books, Northern Red Oak and Black Oak look like your best bet. Their range totally encompass the Adirondacks.
A lot of others seem to be at the edge of their range for the Adirondacks.
Swamp White Oak, Scarlet Oak, Chesnut Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Pin Oak, Post Oak,
Steve
We'll see how many live, I still have more acorns that I'll be planting tomorrow. I think at the start of this week they're calling for some rain which should help, not one hole I dug had sitting water in it.I use that same fence to keep the deer off the evergreens planted around the house in the Winter.
They and/or the rabbits have taken a fancy to some hostas I planted around an old huge oak so I wouldn't have to cut the grass near it.
How much rain did you get?Red oaks and pin oaks are pretty hardy.
I've transplanted a few.
I don't have a lot of luck with white oaks. They don't like having their roots disturbed at all. Especially the tap root. Reds don't seem to mind losing a bit.
Too wet to do much here today after Andrea. If I hadn't spent the better part of the day ripping a small bar/kitchen out of the house my sister is going to move into I would have been cutting up some Winter damage maple or pine. It won't go anywhere.
supposedly just 4 inchesHow much rain did you get?
There is one up at the church, I'll check it this fall.Zap,
For future acorn planting, I'd look for a mast tree in the area and collect its acorns. That should give you the trees that will do best in your niche. We have two huge oak (my two boys in their teens joined hands and hugged the tree...got around less than 2/3 of the circumference) and a maple about 40 inch diameter on the property. Nice to encourage reproduction from such grand trees.
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