planting acorn oak nut
well, I collected this acorn on 2010 (fall) in Oregon. Although I am not sure what species it is, I think that it might be an Oregon White Oak. Anyways, after two years, I moved from Oregon to Taiwan (an island that is near China) and my mom didn't notice it and brought my stuffs back with the acorn that I collected it. I wanted to plant it in this spring but not sure if it is going to germinate. do anyone know any info. about planting acorns? thanks.
PS: the acorn looks dried...
March 4, 2012
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[quote=JimmySplorgen]Good lord, this was illuminating.
So what you're telling me -- what I'm getting out of this -- is that the TS could effectively [i]troll nature itself[/i] by planting this seed.[/quote]
Makes you kinda wanna do it too huh?
@thiefy: whoaa.
I remember reading a lot about it at some point..
but university level!
you are indeed a smartie pants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_garryana
oak trees are deciduous. they need a winter season so indoors is a no no. outdoors in a pot will work though. it's going to take a year or two to germinate and grow into a sapling.
[quote=xFaceIess]What the above guy said.
smartie pants :c[/quote]
I took a university level course based on the issues of the world I spent about 3 months on the effects alien species.
[quote=thiefy]Don't do it! You're introducing an alien species to the land which could potentially destroy the current ecosystem. You may think that 1 oak tree can't do such a thing but think about how many seeds 1 tree produces, once those grow into full fledged trees those will produces seed as well. Since it an alien species, it won't have any natural "predators" like insects or disease which controls the population. This will lead to the oaks out growing the native species around and using up all of the resources, choking out any native plants. Now you may think that this is is exaggerated but think about such animals as the zebra mussel, they were introduced with a small population but now they numbers are so massive that people have to get rid of them because they're driving out the native mussels and clogging up intake pipes for water.[/quote]
true in that... however I am planting it in a dorm (or in an apartment). Anyways i just made a search and found out that there are oaks (or same genus) in Taiwan in the mountains/template forest so I think that ther won't be that problem (even that I am probablably going to plant it in the school if it grows into a sapling).
What the above guy said.
smartie pants :c
Don't do it! You're introducing an alien species to the land which could potentially destroy the current ecosystem. You may think that 1 oak tree can't do such a thing but think about how many seeds 1 tree produces, once those grow into full fledged trees those will produces seed as well. Since it an alien species, it won't have any natural "predators" like insects or disease which controls the population. This will lead to the oaks out growing the native species around and using up all of the resources, choking out any native plants. Now you may think that this is is exaggerated but think about such animals as the zebra mussel, they were introduced with a small population but now they numbers are so massive that people have to get rid of them because they're driving out the native mussels and clogging up intake pipes for water.