I've had very good success with acorns by just putting them in a pot on top of soil, covering with leaf litter and leaving the pot outside over winter, just like nature.
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| Author: | bluesky [ 11 Nov 2019, 21:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How long can an acorn remain viable without germination? |
Hi Sputnik and Oakrod, how much of a tiny root do you have to see before you tranfer to a pot? I have a load of Pyrenean oak acorns in the fridge, anda few have started pushing out tiniest roots, less than a millimetre. Do you pot them already or would you wait another week? Or doesn't it matter? |
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| Author: | oakrod [ 11 Nov 2019, 21:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How long can an acorn remain viable without germination? |
i would get them out of the fridge and plant when the root is 5mm long .. |
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| Author: | sputnik [ 11 Nov 2019, 22:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How long can an acorn remain viable without germination? |
bluesky wrote: Hi Sputnik and Oakrod, how much of a tiny root do you have to see before you tranfer to a pot? I have a load of Pyrenean oak acorns in the fridge, anda few have started pushing out tiniest roots, less than a millimetre. Do you pot them already or would you wait another week? Or doesn't it matter? I have never cold stratified any oaks. They seem to germinate readily from fresh. |
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| Author: | sputnik [ 18 Nov 2020, 13:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How long can an acorn remain viable without germination? |
My q faginea and q rubra acorns continued to germinate over the winter and the spring but there was no sign of germination with the q palustris acorns. The acorns remained hard however so I didn’t discard them. Last week one germinated. Couldn’t believe it after all this time. |
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| Author: | Albero [ 18 Nov 2020, 20:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How long can an acorn remain viable without germination? |
I've had very good success with acorns by just putting them in a pot on top of soil, covering with leaf litter and leaving the pot outside over winter, just like nature.
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| Author: | sputnik [ 19 Nov 2020, 11:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How long can an acorn remain viable without germination? |
Albero wrote: I've had very good success with acorns by just putting them in a pot on top of soil, covering with leaf litter and leaving the pot outside over winter, just like nature. Tried that but the squirrels and wood pigeons and even hungry foxes and badgers root them out in my garden. Even after they germinate I have to cover them until the last of the acorn has shrivelled and disappeared. |
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| Author: | Albero [ 19 Nov 2020, 17:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How long can an acorn remain viable without germination? |
sputnik wrote: Albero wrote: I've had very good success with acorns by just putting them in a pot on top of soil, covering with leaf litter and leaving the pot outside over winter, just like nature. Tried that but the squirrels and wood pigeons and even hungry foxes and badgers root them out in my garden. Even after they germinate I have to cover them until the last of the acorn has shrivelled and disappeared. Sounds like nature in action! 
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