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Just an update i've had 4 of the English oaks sprout. only small at this point in time, but starting to go. A few more havnt moved yet, and theres two in the front yard im waiting to see if they'll go.. also how long it takes the wife to realise theres two english oaks growing in the front garden
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Last edited by Scooter_M on September 5th, 2015, 9:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
4 of my oaks have grown considerably, but the 5th one is a little similar to jarad's, in that it is throwing out a lot of secondary and tertriary branches quite early compared to the others, which i find quite fascinating.
Jarad wrote:The English Oak saplings (that broke the surface) are going great! I've potted them up and trimmed the tap roots. I will upload photos on Monday.
The newest sapling has actually sprouted 3 shoots any idea why?
Also, what happens to the acorn? By the look of it, the shell cracks, a root goes down, then a shoot goes up. Does the acorn just rot away?
I have one that has done the same, although it looks more like 2 separate plants
I'm also interested in the fate of the acorn, as they're currently sitting on the surface a deep red colour
The tree uses up the food stored in the acorn until theres not much left. After that it will break away from the seedling stem and either blow away or, as Ken has said, decompose.
Sometimes you get oak seedlings that grow strong and tall, sometimes they grow multi trunks right from the acorn. Not sure if that is genetic and the tree will end up as a dwarf shrub or multi trunk tree or maybe the growing tip has been damaged so it makes more shoots to compensate. Keep an eye on them for us and see what happens.
Tridents are doing well however Japanese Maple Varieties arent so well. Have not sprouted at all and was planted the same time as tridents in early spring
I don't think there is much hope if they have not come up now.
Weeping varieties are always less fertile so not surprised that they have not germinated. Upright vars are normally quite good and I'm surprised none have grown for you.
