Watch out for root eating grubs. I started a few hundred white pines from seed a few years ago and grubs stunted the growth of most of them before I figured out what was going on. I lifted them and replanted them in large containers and watched them more carefully!!
Paul J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Fieo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 10:34 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Young Trees Larry, That box is packed! I can see you have a high success rate. I'm currently building a box myself, it's a little different from yours though. I'll take a photo when it's complete. I collected some seed from a large american elm that is in my mother-in-laws front yard. Does it matter if the seed was still green? I transplanted some river birch that were growing in my flowerbed. I'll be doing the same at my uncles. His flowerbeds a loaded with chestnut oak and hickory seedlings. How old is the swamp white oak you planted? George -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JennyNYC Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:25 PM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Young Trees Larry, They look incredibly healthy and happy! And I love all the other little vegetation guys next to the tree box, too. I hope I get to understand trees enough to do that someday. I'm trying to grow all kinds of different dwarf grass species from seed on my fire escape. But the mourning doves and sparrows like to sit and rest in the planters so the grass seedlings keep getting smothered. But the birds look way too cute to chase away... Thanks for posting the pix. Looking forward to the next progress report! Jenny On Apr 29, 8:24 pm, lawrence tucei jr <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, ENTS, Photos of young Trees grown from acorns in my treebox from 2009. 12 Burr Oaks from Texas, Several White Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, Chestnut Oak, Swamp White Oak, Cherrybark Red Oak, Southern Red Oak, Live Oak, and Hickory from central and southern Ms. The Swamp White Oak I planted in the front yard 2 weeks ago. The trees I grew last year, 2 Live Oak acorns from the Seven Sisters Live Oak in Mandeville, La. A Burr Oak from Oklahoma, Swamp Chestnut Oak from central Ms., White Oaks from Ocean Springs, Ms. and 3 Longleaf Seedlings I dug up in Daphne Ala. Larry > > Lawrence Tucei Jr. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ Hotmail®:…more than just e-mail.http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_more_04200 9 > > Young Trees 2009.JPG > 430KViewDownload > > Swamp White Oak.JPG > 416KViewDownload > > Last years trees.JPG > 415KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
