Larry, Thanks for the info, I was referring to your cultivating from seed experience with longleaf; I know of some longleaf stands in SC where the grass stage in some trees has lasted for some 30 years! Part of longleaf management involves fire. The heat tends to release from grass to bottle-brush stage of the trees and help control brown-spot needle rust.
Steve Springer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 9:18 AM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Steve Re-Acorns Steve, Its the first time I've grown them from seed, they open without fire and fall to the ground. The grass stage is a period of 5-7 years while there tap root develops. They then grow tall after this period, fire is used to supress undergrowth and competition for the older trees. I hope I'm Ianswering your question? Will Fell is the expert on this maybe he'll post about fire supression. A link for you about LL. Larry http://www.auburn.edu/academic/forestry_wildlife/longleafalliance/ecosystem/ecosystem.htm -- 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]
