James, Never tried with chestnuts but would not be surprised. Maybe we should give it a go and see what happens (?)
Steve Springer Supervisor of Vegetation Management Sevier County Electric Systems -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Parton Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:07 PM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Steve Re-Acorns Steve, I bet your " floater " method would work well with chestnuts too? JP On Dec 30, 1:25 pm, Steve Springer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] Visit this group > athttp://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] -- 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]
