Propagating (Rooting) Bur Oak
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- čas přidán 20. 03. 2021
- Today I collected dormant late winter cuttings from a half dozen bur oak trees for propagation (rooting), and hopefully planting some day soon! Bur oak (and I believe oaks in general) do not root well via dormant cuttings so we'll see how this works. The literature on the subject says that it is more likely to succeed when the cutting are taken from younger trees, so I took cuttings from both a 20 to 30 year old tree, and the 5 or 6 year old trees that I planted two years ago.
I also hydrated the cuttings by soaking them for two hours, scarred them at their base to expose the cambium, and dipped them in the potent rooting hormone DIP N Grow*. And finally, I will be spraying the exposed tips of the cuttings with *Wilt Stop to reduce moisture loss.
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These cuttings were taken on the 4th of March, and as of the 8th of April most of them are showing signs of green buds that are expanding! This of course does not mean the shoots necessarily have roots, but it is a good sign! I planned to pull them from their pots after 5 weeks, but I may let them go until at least one leaf unfurls - which may be 6 weeks. I will be doing a video on their removal and inspection next week and will link that here when it happens.
How are the cuttings? Did they root? Anything to add? Thanks!
Any luck?
Any further updates? Pictures or another video?
Any updates?
Where’s the follow up video
Watching your videos are things I like to do myself but I haven't a chance to do them, so I enjoy your work ethics and time management in these videos thank you and the subjects are interesting in the homestead
You are quite welcome Lorna 😊
Was glad to learn you can treat powdery mildew or other stressed cuttings/plants with disease specific treatment & Wilt-Stop for a possible come-back! I'll keep that in mind when out browsing through the garden centers & propagating our different plants/trees! You're a wealth of knowledge on so many homestead areas.. to be sure! = ) -Suzie!
Thank you Suzie! I tried Wilt Stop as an experiment on badly dehydrated, sickly common lilacs and now use it on anything that may be delectate. So-far it hasn't let me down! 😊
Thank you
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Happy Spring!
Thank you Cindy! And a Happy Spring to you as well! 🌺
Thank you! Burr Oaks are my favorite tree. I have some gorgeous ones around my house and I am glad to have this video to tell me how to do this!
Thanks Jess!
Interesting sir, have never heard of a bur oak, we have red, pin and white oak here.
got to love a man that loves trees.
Thanks Dave! Bur oak is like a true midwestern tree. Only found in the north central US. It's the biggest of the oaks and is nearly fireproof. If you're going to plane trees, plant the best 😉
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You are the plant master
Thanks Cole!
I hope your little babies make it to be big strong trees! Looks like they could rival some of the purchased ones from last year for size! Good luck!
Thanks Cindy, they say that bur oak in very hard to root, so now I'm determined to figure out the recipe! I'm going to try softwood cuttings as well this year. That will be in mid to late spring 😊
Hi Mojo, your dedication amazes me, and when you get good results it's very rewarding. Can you give the horses the acorn fruit from the oaks.
Thank you Larry! Horses could eat a few if they run across some that they like - white oak acorns are sweet and red oak are bitter - but too many of either would make them sick or could even kill them. Acorns contain a lot of gallic and tannic acids which some animals (deer and squirrels) can process, but horses and a good deal of other animals have difficulty with. Horses have a hard time with most things that aren't grass! 😐
Love it ❤️ Do maples next! For tha views😂
Oh and also use cloning in the title might reach more ppl
@@walkingdead171 I'll likely take your advice on the softwood cuttings I am going to try later in the year. Thanks 😊
@13:35 "miracle gro soil has nutrients" You better believe it! Everything with a MG logo has chemicals, even the plastic bag it came in has an NPK rating. Heck, I'll bet the truck that delivered it to the garden center was sprayed down with 21-8-15 before it left the factory 😂
Correct. Literally everything is made of chemicals.
I live in NW Ohio and have grown several hundred different oaks. But by far my favorite to grow and the easiest is Quercia Macrocarpa aka, Bur Oak. Something I noticed in your video. It may be different in your neck of the woods but here it actually UNCOMMON for bur oak not to get two separate growth spurts throughout the growing season. The main growths (early spring) branch (twig) is always bigger than the secondary growth spurt encountered in late summer or early fall. You can tell the difference because the latter is smaller. Like how a tall flag pole gets smaller as it goes up. I think your “one year” and “two year” old wood is actually one years growth. It may not seem like a big deal and really isn’t but when you are rooting (and it’s hard) I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t want to use the older wood if you have a choice.
Hi Clinton, I was just noticing something similar, but a bit differently from what you are talking about. Our bur oaks grew a fair amount in early spring, then the leaves just got bigger until they were full sized. Then last week many of the trees shot way up! Some of them grew well over a foot in a week! I do believe you are correct about a late growth burst as well, so that would be three for this year if the late one comes. I'll keep all of that in mind the next time I try propagating, thanks for the head's up! 😊
Did you have success with these cuttings?
Do you think the root hormone had a chance to soak in after they soaked in water? And pushing them in dirt without making a hole first effected it? Im learning and observing and im really intrigued!
Will you tell me the size you said to cut on these hardwood cuttings, 1/4 what - I didn't take notes?
Any updates on them?
Any updates!? These shits grow or no???😂 Holler back!
Have you ever achieved an air layer on a bur oak, I have one I want to do propagate
No, I have never tried, but that is something I would love to try now that the trees are getting a bit bigger! Thanks for the idea! 🌳😊🌳
Can you root the bur oak tree while they're still have leaves right now here in the early fall.
All oaks are extremely hard to root in the first place so I would say it's unlikely, but it can't hurt to try! White oak acorns sprout as soon as they hit the ground in the fall, so if you have any bur oak in the area and can beat the animals to them, you can start one from an acorn now pretty easily 😊🌳
Can you help me? I don't get when and how to do this. It's still Spring and I wanna grab some cuttings. Whata you think?
You really need to take cuttings when the bush is dormant. In the spring, leaf cutting may be possible, but most lilacs will have sucker plants at their base. That is the easiest way by far - just dig those up and plant them. Good luck!
Any update??
Any update!??
I planted a Bur Oak from seed in 2013 and has been producing acorns since 2018. Is that normal?
The 'experts' say it takes about 35 years to produce acorns, but the trees I planted were about three years old when I planted them, and several produced acorns after five years.
Bur Oak Anomaly ― czcams.com/video/8Qcx4gtQtww/video.html
I will be putting out a video this Sunday showing the acorns collected and talking about it a bit. I'm hoping the rest of the trees will produce next year!