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Old 09-04-2016 | 06:23 AM
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Planting Oaks is a long range project. The absolute earliest I've seen one mature and make flowers is around 7 years and they don't produce any/many nuts until 10 years or even double that.

One reason they graft known good producers onto known good root stock. Is so they produce well at the earliest possible opportunity.

The kind of project you do for your kids (future generations).

Gardeners think in years and multi years, Arborist think in decades.

Oaks typically produce in cycles, some good years, some not so good. The hypothesis is that the Trees produce this way to limit the number of dependent species that eat them. Some say the weather cycles are the main factor in why they have good years and not so good years. Maybe it is both.

A good producer is something to be propagated and helped along IMO, why not. A multi year project, that can be satisfying if you have the patience.
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