My tree project

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Here are some pictures of my trees I'm growing. 1st picture I've got Dwarf Chinkapin oak, Allegheny Chinkapin, Sawtooth oak, and old timey pear. I also planted Common Persimmon, and Hazelnut but none of then have sprouted yet. I also have (2nd picture) Chestnut Crab, Dologo crab, and last picture Enterprize apples.

 

[BowGuy84]

cool looks good! How long have you had the big ones going? Were they started from seed?

 

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cool looks good! How long have you had the big ones going? Were they started from seed?

The biggest ones (back role) in the last picture are Enterprize apples that I got from Stark Brothers, they are probably two are three. All the others are one year old raised from seed.

 

[TS_13]

Yeah right on! they look good

 

[jmb4wd]

Thats a good looking crop there. Great Job!

 

[Bayou Buck]

Looks good. I have some common persimmon planted from seed this year. 5 have sprouted so far out of about 15. They take forever to germinate.

 

[Football Hunter]

nice job

 

[richmanbarbeque]

Awesome, what kind of containers are the big trees planted in and did you use potting soil?

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Roottrappers, very nice! Great project

 

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Awesome, what kind of containers are the big trees planted in and did you use potting soil?

As Steve said they are potted in RootTrapper Bags. And I have used mostly Miracle Grow potting soil and potting mix. I also mixed in some Terra-Sorb to help with the survival once they are planted in the wild.
Most of the Sawtooth will be planted on ridgetops, and I'm hoping the Terra-Sorb will help hold in some moisture during dry periods.

 

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Looks good. I have some common persimmon planted from seed this year. 5 have sprouted so far out of about 15. They take forever to germinate.

How long have you had them planted? Mine are going on 2 months.

 

[lung-buster]

Looks good

 

[woodchuckc]

Looks good. I have some common persimmon planted from seed this year. 5 have sprouted so far out of about 15. They take forever to germinate.

How long have you had them planted? Mine are going on 2 months.

Persimmon seeds need to be scarified to get good consistent germination. I started a batch from seed three years ago and had 100% germination (30 seeds). I cleaned up the seed really well, mixed them into moist sand in a plastic cottage cheese container and put it in the bottom of the refrigerator for a month. I then put each seed into its own 16 oz plastic cup filled with moist potting soil, covered them with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out, and kept them at room temperature. They all germinated within 3 weeks and after they got about 6" tall, I carefully dumped them out of the cups and got most of the potting mix off of the roots (essentially making them bare-rooted). They were transferred individually into 16" long sections of 2" diameter PVC pipe and a 50/50 mix of potting soil and sandy soil was packed into the pipe. I let them grow in the pipe sections for two years, keeping them in a tall plastic storage tub like you can get at Fred's or Walmart, and watered them regularly (in the winter after all the leaves dropped I moved them into an unheated garage to keep them from freezing). When planting time came, I used a stick slightly smaller than the ID as the pipe and pushed them up out of the tube from the bottom, and spread the roots out in the planting hole.

There's probably a better way to do it, but that worked well for me (I also used the same method for growing a bunch of white and red oaks).

 

[Bayou Buck]

Looks good. I have some common persimmon planted from seed this year. 5 have sprouted so far out of about 15. They take forever to germinate.

How long have you had them planted? Mine are going on 2 months.

Persimmon seeds need to be scarified to get good consistent germination. I started a batch from seed three years ago and had 100% germination (30 seeds). I cleaned up the seed really well, mixed them into moist sand in a plastic cottage cheese container and put it in the bottom of the refrigerator for a month. I then put each seed into its own 16 oz plastic cup filled with moist potting soil, covered them with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out, and kept them at room temperature. They all germinated within 3 weeks and after they got about 6" tall, I carefully dumped them out of the cups and got most of the potting mix off of the roots (essentially making them bare-rooted). They were transferred individually into 16" long sections of 2" diameter PVC pipe and a 50/50 mix of potting soil and sandy soil was packed into the pipe. I let them grow in the pipe sections for two years, keeping them in a tall plastic storage tub like you can get at Fred's or Walmart, and watered them regularly (in the winter after all the leaves dropped I moved them into an unheated garage to keep them from freezing). When planting time came, I used a stick slightly smaller than the ID as the pipe and pushed them up out of the tube from the bottom, and spread the roots out in the planting hole.

There's probably a better way to do it, but that worked well for me (I also used the same method for growing a bunch of white and red oaks).

Mine have been planted about a month now. Another one sprouted yesterday. I stored them in the fridge over the winter also.

 

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Looks good. I have some common persimmon planted from seed this year. 5 have sprouted so far out of about 15. They take forever to germinate.

How long have you had them planted? Mine are going on 2 months.

Persimmon seeds need to be scarified to get good consistent germination. I started a batch from seed three years ago and had 100% germination (30 seeds). I cleaned up the seed really well, mixed them into moist sand in a plastic cottage cheese container and put it in the bottom of the refrigerator for a month. I then put each seed into its own 16 oz plastic cup filled with moist potting soil, covered them with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out, and kept them at room temperature. They all germinated within 3 weeks and after they got about 6" tall, I carefully dumped them out of the cups and got most of the potting mix off of the roots (essentially making them bare-rooted). They were transferred individually into 16" long sections of 2" diameter PVC pipe and a 50/50 mix of potting soil and sandy soil was packed into the pipe. I let them grow in the pipe sections for two years, keeping them in a tall plastic storage tub like you can get at Fred's or Walmart, and watered them regularly (in the winter after all the leaves dropped I moved them into an unheated garage to keep them from freezing). When planting time came, I used a stick slightly smaller than the ID as the pipe and pushed them up out of the tube from the bottom, and spread the roots out in the planting hole.

There's probably a better way to do it, but that worked well for me (I also used the same method for growing a bunch of white and red oaks).

Mine have been planted about a month now. Another one sprouted yesterday. I stored them in the fridge over the winter also.

I stored my in the fridge over winter in a moist papertowel also, I'm still hoping they will come up.

 

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Well after being planted for three months my Persimmon are starting to sprout. Also it has taken about the same amount of time for the Hazelnuts to sprout.

 

[Football Hunter]

sounds good

 

[Boone 58]

love it!