RE: Placed acorns in specific locations for growing oaks but....
I know they need there sunlight. I have been planting them in open areas. I was thinking of doing the same thing and placing a feild rock over them. Next spring I would turn the rock over when the thaw takes place.
Or I would soak them in spring and once the root shows itself I would put it in the ground.
I plant pumpkins and two springs ago I had problems with mice. If its not one thing it is another