Monthly Archives: August 2014

Phase 2: Putting on girth

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Admin

A customer in Florida planting a bunch of sawtooth oak seedlings in spring, 2013.  They were about 24 inches tall at planting.  The vast majority of them came screaming out the tops of the tubes last year, most of them … Continue reading →

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Exploding chestnuts

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Admin

A customer has been sending me a photo every time one of the Nativ Nurseries Chinese chestnut seedlings he planted this past spring emerges from a 4ft tree tube. Well, “emerges” isn’t the word he uses.  His text said, “Another … Continue reading →

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Tale of Two Trees (Moral of the story: Plant small to grow big)

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Admin

In spring, 2009 a gentleman in Kentucky planted trees both in his woods and in his newly landscaped yard.  In both cases he planted red oak (Quercus rubra) – so already he gets bonus points for bucking the anti-oak bias … Continue reading →

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Chinese chestnuts in tree tubes: “Another one popped out today”

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Admin

The customer who send me the sequence of photos shown in the previous post sent me another text last week:  “Another one popped out today.”  These are Chinese chestnuts from Mossy Oak’s Nativ Nurseries, planted in spring 2014 and protected … Continue reading →

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