Larry, If I ever find some American Chestnuts I will send you some. I will visit the Dillingham Chestnuts again this fall to collect nuts. I will remember you.
James P. On Mar 25, 8:26 pm, lawrence tucei jr <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, I wanted to share this with everyone. I grow trees every year as do > many of you. This is one method I use, I"ll call it my tree box. Acorns, > nuts, etc., are placed in the soil just pressing them into the surface in the > autumn. Then I cover them with leaf debris for the winter. After the dormancy > period they sprout in Spring just like on the Forest floor. My success rate > is above 90%. I mix my own soil with cow manure for a natural fertilizer. > After the trees out grow my box I transplant them. This year I'm growing 7 > Burr Oaks from Texas, that I picked on my way to Colorado this fall. Many > White Oaks, some Hickory, Red Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, Chestnut Oak, Live > Oak, Darlington Oak, etc. I really enjoy doing this, done it for years. > Here's some photos. Larry > > Lawrence Tucei Jr. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get quick access to your favorite MSN content with Internet Explorer > 8.http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=... > > Tree Box 1.JPG > 269KViewDownload > > Tree Box 2.JPG > 298KViewDownload > > Tree Box 3.JPG > 293KViewDownload > > Tree Box 4.JPG > 300KViewDownload > > Tree Box 5.JPG > 219KViewDownload > > Tree Box 6.JPG > 222KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
