Larry, This is a neat "nursery" you have along the carport! I get my potted-nursery going and then relocate and end up giving my seedlings away to friends, neighbors and anyone else who may be interested! I have found that float-testing seed from many species is very reliable towards germination rate. I have ran the test on dogwood, southern magnolia and oaks to name a few; and have even planted the "floaters" separately just to see. The "floaters" never germinated while all the "sinkers" did. Of course, acorns with a protruding radicle are pretty good indicators of germination reliability too!!
Steve Springer Supervisor of Vegetation Management Sevier County Electric Systems ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lawrence tucei jr Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:27 AM To: Entstrees Subject: [ENTS] Steve Re-Acorns Steve, I usually gather full acorns and have a great sucess rate. I'm getting better with nut selection. I've been doing this for years. All of the acorns I gathered yesterday were already starting to germinate. I have about 10 longleaf pine sprouting. 10 white oak, 10 cypress, 10 swampchestnut, 10 pinoak, from Wis., ( they didn't seem full but we'll see), 10 gree ash, and 10 live oak germinating naturally in my treebox. I have 60 trees growing in pots from the last 2 seasons, and 5 white pine that I dug up from Wis. I should start a new forest, I'll name it the Eastern Native Tree Society Natural Preserve. Attaching some photos, the first are the trees in pots and the next are LL in the box sprouting with a cypress waiting to sprout. All of the acorns are covered in leaves just like on the Forest floor. Lawrence Tucei Jr. ________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/> -- 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] -- 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]
