ENTS, For the past 5 years I have been collecting data on one shumard oak that I planted in the spring of 2003. I recieved this bare-root tree from the City of Kirkwood, Missouri and planted it down on our family farm in Illinois. Roughly 38 13' 59.97"N and 89 28' 41.21"W or roughly 45 miles SE of St. Louis, Missouri. This "stick" that I planted died and fell over that same fall. Luckly there was a root sucker that was growing. This grew for two years (2003 and 2004) until my nephew run over it with an ATV in the fall of 2004. In the spring my sister wanted to take down the post that I had marking the tree because there was no tree there. I went down the next week and found the tree that I have the data for. I placed a cage around it to keep deer and rabbits from eating it, mulched, and kept it weeded. I have let mother nature water and norish the tree accept for the fall of 2006 when all the trees were fertilized in late summer/early fall with 20-20-20. So far I have taken the diameter/circumference readings at 4" from the ground. Why 4"? I can hear Bob asking. Well the cage that I had arounf the tree had a bottom of a hole at 4" above the ground and I could stick a ruler in there and get the diameter. This year I took the circumfence at that same height.
Date Height Circumference at 4" Ave. Crown Total ATF points 10.29.2005 1.54166' 0.6" 0.624995' 2.29790875 10.22.2006 1.625' 1.178097245" 1.041666' 3.06351391 11.2.2007 2.4166' 1.963495408" 1.83333' 4.83842791 11.12.2008 3.75' 2.35619449" 1.75' 6.54369449 11.27.2009 6.75' 3 3.04166' 10.5104166 It was the spring of 2007 that we had that month long freeze after the trees were blooming/leaving. I have not a clue as to what I should do with the data I am collecting. The data set, 1 tree, isn't big enough for anything but it is fun to document the growth of the tree. Beth -- 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]
