Long ago, about 55 years ago, we had a white oak in our front yard. I was around 7 years old. I think it got old and started dying, so my dad cut it down and left some stump. I put some dirt there and planted one of the acorns. It grew. And grew, and grew. I drove past the house after being gone many years, and now it's a magnificent tree. 🌳💓
I planted my first acorn when I was 10 I think. I swear to god it took 1 year to sprout, but 10 years later it's waaaay taller than me and is thriving :D I'm really proud of my tree
I found a small field 5 years back and been planting oaks ever since. "Anyone who plants a tree, knowing that they'll never bask in it's shade, truly knows the meaning of life."
This, I'm trying to set up my own little field and plant various species so my baby niece and possible her children can enjoy the shade and nut harvests to come once I'm resting.
I’m growing oak trees, and in just 1 week, my saplings doubled in size. Update: I did 3 oak trees. One died a few days after planting, another died right after transplanting it outside in spring, and the last one got eaten in September but it grew back from its roots and looks perfectly healthy!
Hey! Its been 2 years since this video was uploaded, can you make an other video on the progress of the plants? Not these in particular if they didnt survive but the other oaks too
I've done my part , I'm 50 years old now in 2020 and i've planted right around 15 trees more or less in that time frame . I hope over the next 50 years I can plant even more .
@@williamwaha3193 Easiest and cheapest way to combat climate change and CO2 if you think that's something that needs to be addressed as badly as it's been made out to be. Especially with these big oak trees that take a long time to fully grow. And they're fire resistant according to a brief read on Wikipedia anyway.
@@Junokaii problem, of course, is CO2 doesn't drive climate change, climate change drives CO2. The data is extremely clear on this, and yet none of you who talk about this stuff seem to know it.
@@zarroth Well I don't personally buy it i just like the idea of planting trees just cause. And more or less to help my immediate environment since obviously I or anyone can't do anything about it globally. I ain't worried.
@@williamwaha3193 I have 54 trees of varying type on my suburban property which is quite a modest size.......at the moment I'm relocating small 2 year old Mountain Ash saplings that have self rooted from two that also self rooted.
A suggestion that I learned from grow my Lemmon trees. Indoor growth: put an oscillating fan on it. This will cause the trunk to be a lot stronger. Like the wind would be for it outside. You will have to water it more often but the roots and trunk will be strong and not flop over from the weight of the leaves.
I live surrounded by trees, and have my whole life. I hadn't even realised how many oak trees were in my yard until I was walking around and found an acorn on the ground last year and I suddenly became invested in planting as many as I could. I go outside everyday to get the freshest ones that have fallen, I'm going to collect as many as I can and then mass plant them. Thank you for helping to guide me in the right direction on how to plant the acorns and grow my own oaks.
Ditto here as well Lynnette and well done. We have 3 oaks by our place and they drop so many but they are right on the road so they get mashed. Seeing as how we human only take and trash, it's my good deed for life. Every morning I'm out picking up the biggest ones I can find and driving to my different jobs they get lobbed into the hedges and thickets that the council tractors can't reach to trim. After this film I'll be germinating them in pots first.
@@petergambier I have the same problem, there's about four trees on my property line that drop a lot of acorns right on the driveway. And I agree that humans do leave a lot of things worse than when they left it, which is why it's so important to spread the word on what can make the world better from when you got here. Good luck and God bless. :)
Greetings fellow Tennessean. I've been collecting white oak acorns on our property to plant more. The deer love them. Might take too long for them to mature for me and my dad to enjoy that benefit but hopefully my kids will able to enjoy better hunts because of them.
I'm sold on white oaks - thank you so much for this. I'd absolutely love to hear anything more that you've learned while growing these little guys, as I'll definitely be attempting to germinate about 120 of them over the following couple years, mostly intending to plant them among the tree stumps of logged areas in my community, and donating them to those who wish to see a healthier earth, just like us.
Hi Robyn, I see your pos is now 4 months old. How is it going with your baby oak trees? I'm thinking to get started, but just wanted to see what other people's experiences have been.
Thanks for this, I appreciate it, I’m trying to help replant some trees in the forest by my house since they keep getting cut down so the info helps alot
This was really helpful. I am planning on starting a business on selling trees this summer. This is the way I planned on doing it because there is a large oak tree in my front yard that drops hundreds of acorns each year. Once again I thank a lot for this and keep up the videos dude.🙂
Thank you very much, I just found a daughter of a huge white oak and the tap root was emerging, I am going to take care of her successfully thanks to you. 🙏🏻
Thanks for the video. I'm going to plant some oaks now where I live in England. I didn't know it was this easy. I hope they will live a long life, like over a century.
I found 2 sprouted acorns on the sidewalk of my school, so i potted them and so far they are doing great. I had 0 experience with trees and ive killed all of my other plants but my trees are growing perfectly
❤ i planted 5 sessile oak acorns last Sept, pots on window sill indoors. 1 sprouted, 4 didn't. I plan to do the same later this year with maybe 20 to 30 acorns. I read on a tree council website that oak trees drop the non viable acorns first, then the "big fall" happens a while later. Everyone should sow acorns, our planet needs more trees.
We bought an old worn out farm with hardy any soil left, I planted 1500 hundred mixed nut seedlings . And the following years well over 10,000 mixed nuts all by hand. That was 12 yrs ago, I am now getting regeneration from some of them.
Squirrels planted, unbeknown to me, my White Oak acorn in a large terra cotta pot filled with potting soil. When it sprouted I let it grow to a height of about three feet then transplanted it to my yard. It grew to a height of about Tennessee feet and I put Jobe tree spikes (fertilizer) around the tree’s drip line (the point of widest spread of horizontal limbs. That was 18 years ago. Today my tree is about 50 feet high and has a trunk diameter of 2.5 feet when measured 4 feet off the ground. In areas where the White Oak can get good water and in live silty loam soils they grow like gangbusters.
Just started a seed that my little sister brought home from school a while back; was inspired to start it because of how fast climate change is taking effect and how long we actually have left to fix it. It has been 3 weeks since and now the single seed has grown its first roots. I was heavily inspired from this video too and I learned so much from it, thanks
Greetings, I’ve got 5 white oak seedlings in a huge pot. I live in central Illinois. I would like to separate and repot them. Once I get that done, do I winter them over inside? Our winters can be harsh. Thanks, Mike
It’s been almost 3 years since you put this video out and it’s still great! In fact, after purchasing some acorns from them, a tree farmer had suggested this video to me to get me started quickly. So here’s the thing… I’m currently in New York City: plant zone 7b, and I want to nurse all of my acorns in-house until say, late June to early July; where then I will move them outside in to the ground in Cheraw, South Carolina: plant zone 8a. I put the white oak acorn seeds in a clear 4 mill plymor bag, snuggled in a damp paper towel and sitting at the bottom drawer of my fridge. If I want them to be their strongest and healthiest before I sow them late June to early July, When would it be okay to take them out of the fridge and sow them in a long funnel pot to promote long tap-root growth? How soon should I sow them before I pack them up for my trip to South Carolina and transfer them to the dirt? How should I package them for a safe, one day trip? When I sow the acorns, can I use prepuchased whole peat moss rather than mulch? I really appreciate you dearly for all of your help. Thank you!
Hi i started my acorns last nov started them in the fridge in moist vermiculite worked fine i grew them inside under a led plant light until april then put them in a pot and put outside now there about a foot tall.
Great video! I have some questions. What season did you plant this in? What potting soil/mix did you use? Do I need to bring these in in the winter as seedlings or can they stay outside in the winter?
Hello Iowa In that same Derecho , I call it a Tidal Wind I lost a oak that was 13 feet in cicumference I am still cutting up that tree. It was some storml
I’ve been doing this for years. I’ve found by placing the acorn inside a plastic zip lock bag withe a wet paper towel is the best way to germinate it or cause it to root. Next I place it into a plastic pot an place it on a shelve in the morning sun. It’s a great hobby and I have trees that I planted over 100 ft tall.
Where I live, there are tonnes of oak trees ∴ tonnes of acorns, and tonnes of squirrels. The squirrels go crazy , and bury acorns all over the place in the fall, leading to more than dozens of little sproutlings in people's manicured lawns every spring (doing the germination for us!). I saved a couple last year (after they had been mowed over multiple times), thought they had all died when they lost their handful of leaves earlier than expected/generally seemed dried out, but I held on to one anyway - lo and behold, this year it's already sprouting new leaves! Now I'm trying to decide if I should nip its new growth or if I should just leave it alone (ehh... I'll leave it alone, and focus on shaping it and doing more to encourage growth for shaping when it's older c: ), but am looking forward to picking some new plants that squirrels surely germinated for us this last year Houseplants taken out of their natural environments would lead one to believe that plants are finnicky and not particularly robust (I keep killing common junipers that I'm trying to treat as bonzai :/ ), but after hundreds of thousands to millions of years of evolution, surprise surprise, they're pretty robust in the appropriate environment/growing conditions (really shouldn't be a surprise, but it still amazes me)! Makes me think of germinating lima beans in elementary school - it was amazing, but I feel I forgot as an adult how cool it is - thanks for re-inspiring interest for people with a video like this!
Every morning for the last 3 weeks I have harvested all of the freshly fallen acorns from my red oak tree, 98% have failed the sink/float test. Is this a typical figure or am I doing something wrong? Doesn't seem like a very good percentage. The tree is healthy and the acorns are solid
the sink test is a good general test as most people will be collecting at a non optimal time ( like weeks after they have fallen) but I have seen trees grow just fine and they floated from the sink test or have a visage hole in the acorn. It is a goof basic test but not a 100% accurate representation of acorns that will fail or grow
2 questions: After transplanting my oak tree outside last April after planting it in October 2021, keeping it inside all of last winter, my oak tree lost its main stem in September and all that was left of it was a 1 inch tall stub. It grew 2 branches to the side, but as of November 9, 2022, my oak tree still isn’t changing color and it didn’t grow back the main stem. Will my oak tree grow back its main stem next summer? When will my oak tree change color?
I have just began pulling the saplings out of the garden. They were growing along the vegetables, I didn't want to just throw them in the compost. These plants seem to grow deep roots and can grow in between cracks in between rocks, where I found one of them. Along with these I have found maple saplings scattered which seem to grow in similar conditions but have shallow roots, or were easily pulled out. I put all of them in separate pots.
New sub great channel! I planted a dozen five foot tall bare root bur oaks last year and 25 more this year (we are restoring the Oak Savanna on our property). We have quite a few bur oaks in the area, but I couldn't find a single acorn for the last couple of years. The red oaks are putting out a few, but none to be seen on the whites. Going to try from cuttings again this year.
thanks man i was looking for an company that sells organic non GMO seedling oak tress on the east cost but can't find anything, its kind of an impossible task for me to grow and try to plant it on my own but thanks for the motivation and knowledge. Keep up the good work.
Hurricane Ian's spinoff wind and rain knocked thousands of acorns out of the most beautiful white oak. I collected lots of them today and re-watched this video. I see that all yours are started without caps. Most of these still have their little hats on. Can they be germinated like this? I'm going back tomorrow and collect a new batch without caps. Quick feedback will be really appreciated. Thanks!!!
I grabbed some healthy acorn from an Oak tree in texas. Took them back to Nor-Cal out in the country where I'm at. I've got 4 acorns/hopeful's in some good soil for about 11 days now.
There was a tree along the river with a rope tied to an overhanging branch. Young folks must've had been enjoying swing into the river for a long time, as there used to be a boy scout campground there. The park cut it down, for insurance liability reasons. It think it was an oak. I want to plant a new one for future generations to enjoy.
I'm curious if you can grow an Oak tree like that in the pot and keep it inside the house as a house plant. At least for some years. What do you think?
@@greenthinking7247 I had mine in an unheated garage, maybe that's why they took longer. They grew a 3-4" root before anything broke the surface up top.
The “Foresters” clear cut 273 acres of old, old oak trees that two people together could hardly reach around. It was all the property that surrounded a beautiful 120 acre lake on which we owned a small lot. They were in there for months, haulin’ those trees out. It was a total wasteland, except for one oak tree they left standing. Three days later they came and cut the oak down and just let it lie there. My sons and I got the idea to pick up as many acorns as we could, back at our house, as they were falling at the time. We hauled grocery bags full of acorns up there and scattered them everywhere. The pines started coming up but slowly the oaks started emerging. Years later we were tickled to see oak trees popping up everywhere! Although, they would never replace the Oaks that were taken, (never in three lifetimes)it was a small, sly little sliver of accomplishment. Well, just as they were starting to get 15-20’ tall, they came and thinned the pine stand, taking about half of “our” oaks. Bummer. The ones they missed have gotten so big over the years, and we were happy about that. The stories of all the time we spent walking under and playing around those giant oaks of old, are often told as we walk under our “young” oaks that we planted. They are 60’-70’ tall now and we were able to purchase 30 acres of the land. It will never, ever come close to how beautiful it once was, but it brings us joy knowing we did what we could, and we continue to do more.
If anything your video is quite inspirational as I’ve just got into having green fingers and I’m trying to do it as cheap as possible which if anything is a really good thing as it’s going to mean I will be harvesting tree seeds that are the most native they can be so can’t really do it wrong in that respect got plenty learning to do though so thank you for sharing your knowledge!! Cheers.
What about watering? Did you saturate them just after planting? Then how often do you water? Thanks! I just found some with little roots in my yard (in a place they would not have survived).
I picked up some acorns while on holiday and didn't do anything for 5 months. About three months ago I stuck two into two pots just about the same as you have shown here and put one in distilled water. In three months, absolutely nothing going on. I do see some posts here saying that they have had success after a year or more, so I shan't give up watering daily and hoping to see something sometime. Do any of you think it's because I let them dry out and not planting them fresh
Yes you want to keep them moist. Water as needed but keep the soil decently moist early on but not saturated. There is no problem letting the top soil become dry in between watering.
What type of oak did you get acorns from? I ordered Irish Oak acorns, I soaked them for 24 hours, and then placed them in moist paper towel and baggy (solution of 1 cup water and one tablespoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide). I’m mimicking the natural season change in my drawer for next few months and then transition them to Refrigerator unless they’ve sprouted which will surprise me. 👍
Thanks for the video! So the seedlings sprouted in November - Since you kept them indoors, did they keep their leaves for the rest of the winter into the spring? Are they not expected for them to lose their leaves for the cold season until they are transplanted and acclimated outdoors?
It’s fall now, so I collected some swamp white oak acorns. If I plant them now, is it ok to grow them in a window all winter? That won’t confuse them next year?
do you think they can grow in tropical climate? you mentioned they have to be nursed indoors, even using lights. 24hr lights? until they sprout? I'm also betting maybe low humidity where most oaks are found, no? I've been told paper towel plantlings are much weaker, but i still do it sometimes cause it's quicker. cheers
Oaks from the northern hemisphere won't do well in a tropical climate, but many species are native to the tropics. See if there's a native oak that naturally occurs in your country and consider growing that instead. As for humidity, it's best to keep it very high during the germination process. The plant will be properly equipped to deal with dry soil when it has well developed roots.
I have some acorns from an oak tree, but I don’t know what type they are. It’s a beautiful tree with real jagged leaves and a long acorn. How do I know if I need to let it dry out first or if I can plant it?
I use the app “picture this” for identifying plants, it’s the most accurate I’ve found and free (they make it seem like you have to pay to continue but just exit out of that screen and you’re good to go. As far as I know, you want to keep acorns moist. I kept some around for a few weeks like i would other seeds and they were all duds before I read this on the internet.. not sure about red oaks but with all white oaks I think its best to germinate asap off the tree. Cheers
Animals like deer and squirrels love acorns and surprisingly smell them out pretty good especially in the fall as they are looking for food. I plant out doors when I feel confident they will not be eaten and that they will not get damaged by deer scraping them during the "rut' for mating. :)
Long ago, about 55 years ago, we had a white oak in our front yard. I was around 7 years old. I think it got old and started dying, so my dad cut it down and left some stump. I put some dirt there and planted one of the acorns. It grew. And grew, and grew. I drove past the house after being gone many years, and now it's a magnificent tree. 🌳💓
Awesome 👏
🙏🙏
I planted my first acorn when I was 10 I think. I swear to god it took 1 year to sprout, but 10 years later it's waaaay taller than me and is thriving :D
I'm really proud of my tree
Nice
Awesome!
@Rob I hope so too. Yesterday I've planted another one😁
Meredith Skye me too but it died
I hate you
I found a small field 5 years back and been planting oaks ever since.
"Anyone who plants a tree, knowing that they'll never bask in it's shade, truly knows the meaning of life."
I've planted oak trees that I have enjoyed already.
This, I'm trying to set up my own little field and plant various species so my baby niece and possible her children can enjoy the shade and nut harvests to come once I'm resting.
I wish to be alive again when man plays the long game and the world is built to last in eternal beauty. Make Tartaria Grand Again! 🏴
Something just fascinates me about planting a tree, something that will live for many years after you have left this earth 🌎🌳
I’m growing oak trees, and in just 1 week, my saplings doubled in size.
Update: I did 3 oak trees. One died a few days after planting, another died right after transplanting it outside in spring, and the last one got eaten in September but it grew back from its roots and looks perfectly healthy!
Oak Trees are like the living Dinosaurs of our Planet 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌰🌰🌰
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The humble squirrel plants more trees than any creature on earth.
We are losing so many plants and trees every day that those that care about growing new trees are making a difference in a positive way.
Amen! Every tree matters
True and it's only getting better. Even i have started planting and tending to a new generation of oak trees.
#teamtrees
Dont worry, the tree team gotcha
Got to plant those trees!
It's such a miracle that a little acorn will grow over 1 million times it's size and produce tens of thousands more acorns to grow thousands of trees!
Yes I wish people would see that and believe there is a God
they also can house hundreds of different species when full grown :D like a whole ecosystem haha
@@buddhabunneethat is so cool I did not know that and it makes those trees even more magical! 🌳😊
@@YeshuaisKing777tone day my friend, people will! 🙏💖😊
Panted 2 trees using this method, 20 some years ago, now I have nice trees. Nice video.
Amazing
I need to go gather a bunch of acorns now, thanks for the video
nows the time!!!
Hey! Its been 2 years since this video was uploaded, can you make an other video on the progress of the plants? Not these in particular if they didnt survive but the other oaks too
If everyone in the world planted 5 trees, we would have 40 billion more trees.
I've done my part , I'm 50 years old now in 2020 and i've planted right around 15 trees more or less in that time frame . I hope over the next 50 years I can plant even more .
@@williamwaha3193 Easiest and cheapest way to combat climate change and CO2 if you think that's something that needs to be addressed as badly as it's been made out to be. Especially with these big oak trees that take a long time to fully grow. And they're fire resistant according to a brief read on Wikipedia anyway.
@@Junokaii problem, of course, is CO2 doesn't drive climate change, climate change drives CO2. The data is extremely clear on this, and yet none of you who talk about this stuff seem to know it.
@@zarroth Well I don't personally buy it i just like the idea of planting trees just cause. And more or less to help my immediate environment since obviously I or anyone can't do anything about it globally. I ain't worried.
@@williamwaha3193 I have 54 trees of varying type on my suburban property which is quite a modest size.......at the moment I'm relocating small 2 year old Mountain Ash saplings that have self rooted from two that also self rooted.
A suggestion that I learned from grow my Lemmon trees. Indoor growth: put an oscillating fan on it. This will cause the trunk to be a lot stronger. Like the wind would be for it outside. You will have to water it more often but the roots and trunk will be strong and not flop over from the weight of the leaves.
Exactly
I live surrounded by trees, and have my whole life. I hadn't even realised how many oak trees were in my yard until I was walking around and found an acorn on the ground last year and I suddenly became invested in planting as many as I could. I go outside everyday to get the freshest ones that have fallen, I'm going to collect as many as I can and then mass plant them. Thank you for helping to guide me in the right direction on how to plant the acorns and grow my own oaks.
SO happy to hear! God bless you and keep planting!
Ditto here as well Lynnette and well done. We have 3 oaks by our place and they drop so many but they are right on the road so they get mashed. Seeing as how we human only take and trash, it's my good deed for life.
Every morning I'm out picking up the biggest ones I can find and driving to my different jobs they get lobbed into the hedges and thickets that the council tractors can't reach to trim.
After this film I'll be germinating them in pots first.
@@petergambier I have the same problem, there's about four trees on my property line that drop a lot of acorns right on the driveway. And I agree that humans do leave a lot of things worse than when they left it, which is why it's so important to spread the word on what can make the world better from when you got here. Good luck and God bless. :)
Greetings fellow Tennessean. I've been collecting white oak acorns on our property to plant more. The deer love them. Might take too long for them to mature for me and my dad to enjoy that benefit but hopefully my kids will able to enjoy better hunts because of them.
I'm sold on white oaks - thank you so much for this. I'd absolutely love to hear anything more that you've learned while growing these little guys, as I'll definitely be attempting to germinate about 120 of them over the following couple years, mostly intending to plant them among the tree stumps of logged areas in my community, and donating them to those who wish to see a healthier earth, just like us.
Hi Robyn, I see your pos is now 4 months old. How is it going with your baby oak trees? I'm thinking to get started, but just wanted to see what other people's experiences have been.
Thanks for this, I appreciate it, I’m trying to help replant some trees in the forest by my house since they keep getting cut down so the info helps alot
Hi, how is that going? I'm about to get started with this, have you had any success?
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
-Chinese proverb
Big facts!!!
The third best time....
... there is no third time
The best time to listen to Russ Saari was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
@@sparkymahoney4343 yeah lol
no worries i have 30 seeds of birch in my fridge
I'm expecting great things from this channel....
Appreciated!
Yeah I have been looking for a good channel about plants
This was really helpful. I am planning on starting a business on selling trees this summer. This is the way I planned on doing it because there is a large oak tree in my front yard that drops hundreds of acorns each year. Once again I thank a lot for this and keep up the videos dude.🙂
How much do you charge and what age are they when you sell them?
Ashley Smashley I don’t do it yet but I’m working on it
@@ethanmfv6963 did you ever get started?
It's okay to be yourself. Don't listen to the complainers who seek to control you. Great video.
Thank you! They got nothing on green thinking!
Great video! What kind of soil mixture did you use? And how often do you water 💧 them?
This ^
Best video on this I’ve seen. I’ve been doing this as a hobby through trial and error. Trying to grow a tree in a pot until it is at least 3 feet
Thank you very much, I just found a daughter of a huge white oak and the tap root was emerging, I am going to take care of her successfully thanks to you. 🙏🏻
I don’t know what got into me but I’m obsessed with gather as many oak acorn types as possible. Ready to start planting
Thanks for the video. I'm going to plant some oaks now where I live in England. I didn't know it was this easy. I hope they will live a long life, like over a century.
I did not know that you did not have to stratify white oaks. That explains some things I have seen in the past. You made me a fraction smarter. Thx
I found 2 sprouted acorns on the sidewalk of my school, so i potted them and so far they are doing great. I had 0 experience with trees and ive killed all of my other plants but my trees are growing perfectly
I have red&white oaks in my yard so I will collect both and winter sow them this winter so i can sell them or plant them outside next spring.
Do the white oaks because the wild animals like the less bitter white oak nuts. Save a Chipmunk
❤ i planted 5 sessile oak acorns last Sept, pots on window sill indoors. 1 sprouted, 4 didn't. I plan to do the same later this year with maybe 20 to 30 acorns. I read on a tree council website that oak trees drop the non viable acorns first, then the "big fall" happens a while later. Everyone should sow acorns, our planet needs more trees.
We bought an old worn out farm with hardy any soil left, I planted 1500 hundred mixed nut seedlings . And the following years well over 10,000 mixed nuts all by hand. That was 12 yrs ago, I am now getting regeneration from some of them.
I have a huge (50ft+) coast live oak that I’m trying this with! I hope it grows into a beautiful oak!
I just started to grow my own tooo! what A NICE HOBBY :) #happygrowing #makeyourown #everyday
I was just going to challenge your assessment as a Burr Oak and then saw your Disclaimer. Well done.
Squirrels planted, unbeknown to me, my White Oak acorn in a large terra cotta pot filled with potting soil. When it sprouted I let it grow to a height of about three feet then transplanted it to my yard. It grew to a height of about Tennessee feet and I put Jobe tree spikes (fertilizer) around the tree’s drip line (the point of widest spread of horizontal limbs.
That was 18 years ago. Today my tree is about 50 feet high and has a trunk diameter of 2.5 feet when measured 4 feet off the ground. In areas where the White Oak can get good water and in live silty loam soils they grow like gangbusters.
Amazing story! Thank you for sharing!
Great to see a young man interested in growing trees. Thumbs up and a sub.
And a hundred years from now you can enjoy it.
A wise man plants a tree that he will never sit in the shade of
@@bobsmith-ud9xi heard that one before I think. ive planted many a tree. Just not one I'll never enjoy. Point taken tho.🤔
Well, it's a lie. I have two 26 year-old oaks (my age, actually) and they are about 10 m high. They aren't huge, but I sit in their shade often.
the plant is already converting sunlight and nutrients into food. there is no wait.
Well, i planted my white oak acorns in september, and im glad to say i have 20 sprouted baby oaks! Along with some red ones and sugar maples.
Just started a seed that my little sister brought home from school a while back; was inspired to start it because of how fast climate change is taking effect and how long we actually have left to fix it. It has been 3 weeks since and now the single seed has grown its first roots. I was heavily inspired from this video too and I learned so much from it, thanks
How is the tree now?
@@abnormal_asian5320 it died with the summer heat of 117f but it was able to get to 9 inches tall and I found myself another seed to start this year!
@@lark6687 woo!! Good luck!
Last fall I took in one of my potted geraniums for the winter and now there are 2 white oak trees growing in the pot. Thanks Mr. Squirrel! 😆
Greetings,
I’ve got 5 white oak seedlings in a huge pot. I live in central Illinois. I would like to separate and repot them. Once I get that done, do I winter them over inside? Our winters can be harsh.
Thanks, Mike
It’s been almost 3 years since you put this video out and it’s still great!
In fact, after purchasing some acorns from them, a tree farmer had suggested this video to me to get me started quickly.
So here’s the thing… I’m currently in New York City: plant zone 7b, and I want to nurse all of my acorns in-house until say, late June to early July; where then I will move them outside in to the ground in Cheraw, South Carolina: plant zone 8a.
I put the white oak acorn seeds in a clear 4 mill plymor bag, snuggled in a damp paper towel and sitting at the bottom drawer of my fridge.
If I want them to be their strongest and healthiest before I sow them late June to early July,
When would it be okay to take them out of the fridge and sow them in a long funnel pot to promote long tap-root growth?
How soon should I sow them before I pack them up for my trip to South Carolina and transfer them to the dirt?
How should I package them for a safe, one day trip?
When I sow the acorns, can I use prepuchased whole peat moss rather than mulch?
I really appreciate you dearly for all of your help.
Thank you!
I found some on the ground in my city.. will grab them and try this tutorial
Great results and info. I'm going to try this.
I’ve planted 4 Moringa trees from seed that are 12 feet tall. Also have many cool bonsai from seed!
Hi i started my acorns last nov started them in the fridge in moist vermiculite worked fine i grew them inside under a led plant light until april then put them in a pot and put outside now there about a foot tall.
I collected acorns with my kids last year for Department of Wildlife Resources and this year I will collect them and begin trees for myself
Great video! I have some questions. What season did you plant this in? What potting soil/mix did you use? Do I need to bring these in in the winter as seedlings or can they stay outside in the winter?
Rip the one acorn that secretly rolled off the table😭
A true optimist is someone who plants an acorn. Because they will never live to see the mighty oak tree.
Well if they are young they might
After the Derecho we had last summer in Iowa we will be planting a lot of acorns to replace trees lost. Thanks!
Hello Iowa In that same Derecho , I call it a Tidal Wind I lost a oak that was 13 feet in cicumference I am still cutting up that tree. It was some storml
I’ve been doing this for years. I’ve found by placing the acorn inside a plastic zip lock bag withe a wet paper towel is the best way to germinate it or cause it to root. Next I place it into a plastic pot an place it on a shelve in the morning sun. It’s a great hobby and I have trees that I planted over 100 ft tall.
Thats great! Most people use that method and it works well
Thank you 🏡🌞
How long does it take approximately to germinate with this method?
@@mayoffnaise5141 it took over a month this year in my basement window to get an about one inch stem. Should be getting leaves soon.
@thomas reece Thank you and sorry to bother you. Is it this long that it stays in the zip lock bag?
Great job in growing the acorns.
Where I live, there are tonnes of oak trees ∴ tonnes of acorns, and tonnes of squirrels. The squirrels go crazy , and bury acorns all over the place in the fall, leading to more than dozens of little sproutlings in people's manicured lawns every spring (doing the germination for us!). I saved a couple last year (after they had been mowed over multiple times), thought they had all died when they lost their handful of leaves earlier than expected/generally seemed dried out, but I held on to one anyway - lo and behold, this year it's already sprouting new leaves! Now I'm trying to decide if I should nip its new growth or if I should just leave it alone (ehh... I'll leave it alone, and focus on shaping it and doing more to encourage growth for shaping when it's older c: ), but am looking forward to picking some new plants that squirrels surely germinated for us this last year
Houseplants taken out of their natural environments would lead one to believe that plants are finnicky and not particularly robust (I keep killing common junipers that I'm trying to treat as bonzai :/ ), but after hundreds of thousands to millions of years of evolution, surprise surprise, they're pretty robust in the appropriate environment/growing conditions (really shouldn't be a surprise, but it still amazes me)! Makes me think of germinating lima beans in elementary school - it was amazing, but I feel I forgot as an adult how cool it is - thanks for re-inspiring interest for people with a video like this!
Every morning for the last 3 weeks I have harvested all of the freshly fallen acorns from my red oak tree, 98% have failed the sink/float test. Is this a typical figure or am I doing something wrong? Doesn't seem like a very good percentage. The tree is healthy and the acorns are solid
the sink test is a good general test as most people will be collecting at a non optimal time ( like weeks after they have fallen) but I have seen trees grow just fine and they floated from the sink test or have a visage hole in the acorn. It is a goof basic test but not a 100% accurate representation of acorns that will fail or grow
I've potted 5 seedlings today though haven't done the health test though now I know to leave them in a cool place for a while with not too much sun!
Once sprouted can I leave these in my greenhouse during the winter and not worry about them freezing and dieing
should be able to
That is a frighteningly positive stat!!
2 questions: After transplanting my oak tree outside last April after planting it in October 2021, keeping it inside all of last winter, my oak tree lost its main stem in September and all that was left of it was a 1 inch tall stub. It grew 2 branches to the side, but as of November 9, 2022, my oak tree still isn’t changing color and it didn’t grow back the main stem.
Will my oak tree grow back its main stem next summer?
When will my oak tree change color?
I have just began pulling the saplings out of the garden. They were growing along the vegetables, I didn't want to just throw them in the compost. These plants seem to grow deep roots and can grow in between cracks in between rocks, where I found one of them.
Along with these I have found maple saplings scattered which seem to grow in similar conditions but have shallow roots, or were easily pulled out. I put all of them in separate pots.
Awesome, young trees always start growing a deep taproot so they stay secure so that's not surprising. You will have a small forest in no time.
New sub great channel! I planted a dozen five foot tall bare root bur oaks last year and 25 more this year (we are restoring the Oak Savanna on our property). We have quite a few bur oaks in the area, but I couldn't find a single acorn for the last couple of years. The red oaks are putting out a few, but none to be seen on the whites. Going to try from cuttings again this year.
Dang it. I just thought about planting again. It's early January. If I go find acorns on the ground now and plant them will they grow ❤
My favorite tree.
Thanks. I love this tree and one to grow it.
thanks man i was looking for an company that sells organic non GMO seedling oak tress on the east cost but can't find anything, its kind of an impossible task for me to grow and try to plant it on my own but thanks for the motivation and knowledge. Keep up the good work.
Check out the arbor day foundation, they have some great stuff!
heh..I mow like 50 of these things down every year. The half dozen oaks on the property have no problem propagating without any help from me :P
Hurricane Ian's spinoff wind and rain knocked thousands of acorns out of the most beautiful white oak. I collected lots of them today and re-watched this video. I see that all yours are started without caps. Most of these still have their little hats on. Can they be germinated like this? I'm going back tomorrow and collect a new batch without caps. Quick feedback will be really appreciated. Thanks!!!
Yes they can ! the caps usually fall off anyways in the wild
I grabbed some healthy acorn from an Oak tree in texas. Took them back to Nor-Cal out in the country where I'm at. I've got 4 acorns/hopeful's in some good soil for about 11 days now.
There was a tree along the river with a rope tied to an overhanging branch. Young folks must've had been enjoying swing into the river for a long time, as there used to be a boy scout campground there. The park cut it down, for insurance liability reasons. It think it was an oak. I want to plant a new one for future generations to enjoy.
I'm curious if you can grow an Oak tree like that in the pot and keep it inside the house as a house plant. At least for some years. What do you think?
So when do you put them in the ground? Great video
I planted 16 White Oak acorns and they didn't sprout for 6 months!
Are you sure about yours being that tall in 2 weeks?
I doubt it.
Worked for me!
@@greenthinking7247 I had mine in an unheated garage, maybe that's why they took longer. They grew a 3-4" root before anything broke the surface up top.
The “Foresters” clear cut 273 acres of old, old oak trees that two people together could hardly reach around. It was all the property that surrounded a beautiful 120 acre lake on which we owned a small lot. They were in there for months, haulin’ those trees out. It was a total wasteland, except for one oak tree they left standing. Three days later they came and cut the oak down and just let it lie there. My sons and I got the idea to pick up as many acorns as we could, back at our house, as they were falling at the time. We hauled grocery bags full of acorns up there and scattered them everywhere. The pines started coming up but slowly the oaks started emerging. Years later we were tickled to see oak trees popping up everywhere! Although, they would never replace the Oaks that were taken, (never in three lifetimes)it was a small, sly little sliver of accomplishment. Well, just as they were starting to get 15-20’ tall, they came and thinned the pine stand, taking about half of “our” oaks. Bummer. The ones they missed have gotten so big over the years, and we were happy about that. The stories of all the time we spent walking under and playing around those giant oaks of old, are often told as we walk under our “young” oaks that we planted. They are 60’-70’ tall now and we were able to purchase 30 acres of the land. It will never, ever come close to how beautiful it once was, but it brings us joy knowing we did what we could, and we continue to do more.
Great story, thanks for sharing
If anything your video is quite inspirational as I’ve just got into having green fingers and I’m trying to do it as cheap as possible which if anything is a really good thing as it’s going to mean I will be harvesting tree seeds that are the most native they can be so can’t really do it wrong in that respect got plenty learning to do though so thank you for sharing your knowledge!!
Cheers.
Whos tree grew? I planted some, and a pine tree. Also buckeye tree. Trees are cool
Trees are super cool :)
Did you know ecosia search engine uses its revenue to plant trees?
GREAT video. Very beneficial. Thank you much!
Cool thanks for the information on your video, hope to grow my own oak tree so when I dead in a few years my freinds can pop my ashes under my tree!!
As the saying goes " The beginning of understanding wisdom Is a man who plants a tree knowing he won't be able to enjoy its shade"
What about watering? Did you saturate them just after planting? Then how often do you water? Thanks! I just found some with little roots in my yard (in a place they would not have survived).
The growth is quite impressive for winter time, did they receive light by being on the window sill or did you do this with artificial lightning?
He used gro lights
Amazing thank you for the knowledge! I am trying to teach my children how to grow seeds and we found a bunch of acorns!
I picked up some acorns while on holiday and didn't do anything for 5 months. About three months ago I stuck two into two pots just about the same as you have shown here and put one in distilled water.
In three months, absolutely nothing going on.
I do see some posts here saying that they have had success after a year or more, so I shan't give up watering daily and hoping to see something sometime.
Do any of you think it's because I let them dry out and not planting them fresh
Absolutely, they are probably bad if it has been 5 months.
Love me some oak and hickory trees. Gonna have to get some pots and soil and try this with them now! Haha
What potting mix did you use? Did you water them regularly during the first two weeks? Not enough specific info in this video.
Do you water them while waiting for them to sprout? How moist should you keep them once they start growing? Yours look dry.
Yes you want to keep them moist. Water as needed but keep the soil decently moist early on but not saturated. There is no problem letting the top soil become dry in between watering.
What type of oak did you get acorns from? I ordered Irish Oak acorns, I soaked them for 24 hours, and then placed them in moist paper towel and baggy (solution of 1 cup water and one tablespoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide). I’m mimicking the natural season change in my drawer for next few months and then transition them to Refrigerator unless they’ve sprouted which will surprise me. 👍
At what point is the sprout no longer appealing to squirrels? I planted some and the squirrels dug them up.
Hard question to answer I've had many small saplings dug up by the buggers, add mulch and pray!
Cool friend , keep doing this !!! I also try to have oak from acorn in Kazakhstan
Good luck!
Very nice
Thanks for the video! So the seedlings sprouted in November - Since you kept them indoors, did they keep their leaves for the rest of the winter into the spring? Are they not expected for them to lose their leaves for the cold season until they are transplanted and acclimated outdoors?
It’s fall now, so I collected some swamp white oak acorns. If I plant them now, is it ok to grow them in a window all winter? That won’t confuse them next year?
I did the same with some grow lights and it was fine.
Yeah, I was gonna ask what kind of watering do you need to keep them? One of them dried up. Keep it moist?
do you think they can grow in tropical climate? you mentioned they have to be nursed indoors, even using lights. 24hr lights? until they sprout?
I'm also betting maybe low humidity where most oaks are found, no?
I've been told paper towel plantlings are much weaker, but i still do it sometimes cause it's quicker.
cheers
Oaks from the northern hemisphere won't do well in a tropical climate, but many species are native to the tropics. See if there's a native oak that naturally occurs in your country and consider growing that instead.
As for humidity, it's best to keep it very high during the germination process. The plant will be properly equipped to deal with dry soil when it has well developed roots.
Can’t wait to grow mine!
We have a 100 year old oak dropping thousands of acorns , its OVER 40 feet tall !!!!
Any update on these trees or others you’ve planted? Thank you for sharing!
Great video, i need to try this. How tall are they now?
Great video, do you know if cork oaks acorn needs cold , like in a bag in freg. ?
Thanks
This was just excellent! Thank very much…
This is great, thanks for sharing! Amazing what we can all do to make the world a better place and rewild areas. Thanks!
I have some acorns from an oak tree, but I don’t know what type they are. It’s a beautiful tree with real jagged leaves and a long acorn. How do I know if I need to let it dry out first or if I can plant it?
I use the app “picture this” for identifying plants, it’s the most accurate I’ve found and free (they make it seem like you have to pay to continue but just exit out of that screen and you’re good to go. As far as I know, you want to keep acorns moist. I kept some around for a few weeks like i would other seeds and they were all duds before I read this on the internet.. not sure about red oaks but with all white oaks I think its best to germinate asap off the tree. Cheers
You say you'll re-pot in the spring.
Why not plant them outdoors?
At what size/age *do* you plant them outdoors?
Thanks.
Animals like deer and squirrels love acorns and surprisingly smell them out pretty good especially in the fall as they are looking for food. I plant out doors when I feel confident they will not be eaten and that they will not get damaged by deer scraping them during the "rut' for mating. :)
Hey! Do you use grow lights? I’ve been wanting to check out recommended lights.