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Help me start an oak tree please?
Barneysmom
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in Gardening
On our open land there's an oak tree.
It's not a large one, about 12 feet high.
Last year it was being swamped by a rabid Virginia creeper and looked very poorly.
So I pulled the lot off and this year it's looking fabulous, very healthy with little baby acorns on.
I see it as 'my tree' I saved it. :cool:
Today when I went to have a look at it, taking the dogs for a run, there's a twiglet about 10-12 inches long hanging from it.
It's not snapped all the way through, sort of halfway and dangling.
I was thinking if I could take that twiglet off, and take it home, how could I propogate it over the winter then plant it next to Mother tree next year maybe?
But I'm not sure how to and wouldn't want to kill this little twiglet.
It's not a large one, about 12 feet high.
Last year it was being swamped by a rabid Virginia creeper and looked very poorly.
So I pulled the lot off and this year it's looking fabulous, very healthy with little baby acorns on.
I see it as 'my tree' I saved it. :cool:
Today when I went to have a look at it, taking the dogs for a run, there's a twiglet about 10-12 inches long hanging from it.
It's not snapped all the way through, sort of halfway and dangling.
I was thinking if I could take that twiglet off, and take it home, how could I propogate it over the winter then plant it next to Mother tree next year maybe?
But I'm not sure how to and wouldn't want to kill this little twiglet.
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Would it not be easier just to plant some of the acorns?0
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It might be but I want to save twiglet if I can
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If I'm over the hill, where was the top?0
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Barneysmom wrote: »It might be but I want to save twiglet if I can
Have no experience of this so can't really help you. Hope someone else can.0 -
Thank you :T
I'll give it a bash and report back next spring .I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Old style MoneySaving boards.
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Barneysmom wrote: »Thank you :T
I'll give it a bash and report back next spring .
That would be good- with pics if possible!!!!0 -
oaks are magnificent beasts. twill take 400 years to come to full glory, but think of it as your legacy to the future.Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4 (George Orwell, 1984).
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