How to plant oak acorns, sowing time, how to grow oak bonsai in a pot

Oak popularly represents longevity and power. It is amazing that this huge tree, which has lived for centuries, can be grown from a small acorn.

The main thing is to properly prepare the planting material and plant it within the specified period.

Let's look at how to plant oak acorns, when to do it, and how to properly care for it.

Content:

• Tree propagation methods
• How to plant oak acorns, sowing time
• Care rules, how often to water oak
• How to grow an oak tree from an acorn in a pot
• Is it possible to grow an oak tree from a branch or cutting?
• How to grow oak bonsai
• Where can you buy red oak acorns?

Tree propagation methods

To plant an oak tree in your garden plot, you can purchase ready-made seedlings in a specialized store or use one of the following propagation options:

• Reproduction by acorn. It is necessary to collect up to 300 acorns in the autumn, since half of them will become unusable and will not sprout.
• Propagation by green cuttings. Cuttings can be taken independently in the forest, from an adult tree. To perform this procedure, it is important to have special tools and skills.

How to plant oak acorns, sowing time

General rules:

• You need to choose high-quality planting material. Acorns are best collected in the fall, when the cap falls off the fruit.
• Now you need to divide the collected fruits into healthy and damaged ones.Place good acorns in a plastic bag, which should already contain vermiculite, moss or sawdust. This will retain moisture for a long time. The bag is sealed and placed in the refrigerator, you can use the cellar (it is important that the temperature is no more than 8 degrees). From time to time the bag needs to be opened slightly so that the acorns receive oxygen.
• Closer to spring, the first shoots will appear, now the fruits can be transplanted into plastic cups. Make shallow holes; it is important that the entire acorn is immersed in the ground. It is necessary to make drainage holes so that there is an outlet for excess water.
• Next, when the roots become stronger, you can transplant the seedlings into open ground; this can be done throughout the fall.

There is an option to plant acorns directly in garden soil. In this case, the optimal sowing time is spring.

Several acorns should be planted simultaneously in different holes, since not all will sprout and take root.

Let's watch a video about planting an oak tree from an acorn:

Care rules, how often to water oak

An oak tree needs moderate care. It is very important to get rid of weeds in time and fluff up the soil around the trunk. Mulching should be carried out using peat and wood shavings, the recommended mulch thickness is up to 12 cm.

Every year in the autumn months, pruning of top and dry shoots is carried out.

Attention should be paid to watering. During rainy and winter seasons, watering is not carried out. During hot periods, drip irrigation should be used. It is important that the right amount of moisture reaches the root, so about 30 liters of water per week should be spent on watering.

Young seedlings are watered more often, old trees less often. The main feature of watering is to prevent water from accumulating around the trunk.To do this, you need to install drip irrigation so that the water does not fall on the trunk, but drips next to it.

These recommendations will help the oak tree always look attractive, the plant will be protected from disease and rot.

How to grow an oak tree from an acorn in a pot

• There are several growing options:
• Option No. 1. It is necessary to place the fruits in a deep container and cover with a wet cloth. When the first sprout appears, the acorn is transplanted into a pot.
• Option No. 2. The fruit is planted directly into a flowerpot. The pot is filled two-thirds with special soil, then the fruit is placed horizontally and covered with earth to the very top.

The stem will not appear soon, so you need to be patient. The flowerpots need to be spacious, since oak has a large root system.

Is it possible to grow an oak tree from a branch or cutting?

It is possible to grow a good oak from a cutting, but it is better to use branches of a young tree. Breeders have found that annual tree cuttings take root better. However, practice shows that this method of reproduction rarely ends successfully.

The result is also affected by the time of cutting. Young branches should be dug in from the beginning of June to the end of July; cuttings from one-year-old branches take root better in the last days of May to mid-July.

To ensure that the cuttings take root well, you can use the stimulator Heteroauxin. If you are lucky, after 2 years the seedling will begin to grow; at first, all its strength is spent on root growth.

How to grow oak bonsai

Oak bonsai is planted using the same technology as other species.

You can purchase ready-made seedlings or dig up young shoots in a park or forest.

To make it easier for the tree to adapt, you need to dig up the seedling along with the soil.The optimal time for planting is autumn.

In the future, for growing, you need to use soil that consists of 60% inorganic substrate and 40% organic. It is also important to place the plant in a well-lit place; direct exposure to sunlight is important.

You can grow a seedling from an acorn, following the general scheme.

Where can you buy red oak acorns?

Red oak or other types of acorns can be purchased online or at a specialty store in your area. When purchasing, you need to pay attention to whether the acorns have any damage, signs of rot, cracks, yellow spots, and other defects.

So, when planting an oak tree, you must follow all the recommendations, then the procedure will not cause problems, and in the future the tree will be strong and healthy.

Let's watch a video about growing oak bonsai: