Gobble4me757
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I'm planning on planting various acorn and fruit trees for deer and Turkey. Which ones would be the best to consider for turkeys? Open to any and all recommendations.
Best trees to plant for Turkey
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Dogwood, crabapple, persimmon, goobler sawtooth oak, staghorn sumac, native oaks (white and red)
Boll Weevil
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^These pretty much cover it. Adding black cherry and chickasaw plum to the list.
Gobble4me757
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What are the producing times for these? Like how many years before acorns/fruit?
Here's my best guess as soil, light, competition, and other factors impact production.
Summac, Dogwood, Persimmon 5 - 8 years
Sawtooth oaks: 6 - 10 years
Native oaks: much longer... > 15 years, but much longer lived trees
Creek bottoms
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Where is the best source for sawtooth oaks?
Boone25/06
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It used to be tngov trees , but they have recently stopped offering them because non native. I have got some form mossy oak native nursery since and they are good trees at a decent price.
bicolor lespedesa is good turkey food
yellalinehunter
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Only if you want a highly invasive plant that is damn near impossible to get rid of plus the thorns poke holes in tractor tires. Folks have planted it for quail refuge and food but regret it later
Interesting. Are the Willow oaks located near wetlands? I have several located on upland hills. Even squirrels leave their acorns alone until most other food sources are gone.
I hired a contractor to machine plant our trees in old fields. I think he bought the seedlings from Mississippi, but I don't know the vendor. I have purchased smaller quantities of trees from TN and MO Forestry nurseries at very good prices.
Use caution with this non-native, invasive.
Yes
What some call Willow Oaks is not the same as others.
Quercus phellos - Wikipedia
I may be calling this by the wrong name.
That's what my dad said it was.
But this stuff doesn't have thorns and has been there at least 20 years and hasn't really spread
yellalinehunter
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Maybe it was the stem that would pop a tire after they were cut, not thorns . Was a royal pain on a quail plantation I worked on in central Alabama.
Yes these are what I'm talking about. I have them in my yard and the deer love them. My dog keeps themYes
What some call Willow Oaks is not the same as others.
Quercus phellos - Wikipedia
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Run off now but before I got it the deer would be on these all the time. There may be better options im
Not a tree person but they seem alright to me.
For Turkeys, really really big and old trees are best.
So, they can roost there ASAP.
So, they can roost there ASAP.
Holly, white oak and pin oak
Boll Weevil
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Might be thinking sericea lespedeza...incredibly invasive.
