There are numerous nurseries across the range of oak species in the southern USA that produce millions of oak seedlings each year. A call to a nursery manager that produces oak seedlings would provide plenty of first-hand information.
Just down the road from OSU the Oklahoma State Nursery produces bare-root and container seedlings of blackjack oak, bur oak, chinkapin oak, northern red oak, pin oak, post oak, sawtooth oak, Shumard oak, water oak, white oak, and willow oak. That is a nice selection of white and red oaks to cover the range of seed dormancy. They know how to collect, treat, store and plant seeds and how to grow seedlings. Call Scott Huff the nursery manager at 405-288-2385. The website is: http://www.forestry.ok.gov/regeneration. Oak seedlings produce a long and sturdy tap root that must be carefully managed to produce a seedling that can be transplanted. Call a nursery manager for the straight practical information. Steve Hallgren 022 Ag Hall Natural Resource Ecology and Management Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078 office: 405-744-6805 FAX: 405-744-3530
