When planting acorns, place the seeds ½ to 1 inch deep. Acorns of bur, pin, and red oaks can be planted in fall or stratified seed can be sown in spring. (Stratification temperatures should be 32 to 41 degrees Fahrenheit.) Acorns of the bur oak require a 30 to 60 day stratification period, while red and pin oak acorns require 30 to 45 days. The refrigerator is a good storage location. Suitable containers include coffee cans, plastic buckets, and food storage bags. Acorns can be stratified by placing the seeds in a moist mixture of sand and peat moss and then storing them in a cool location. The cold-moist requirement can also be accomplished through a process called stratification. Winter weather in Iowa normally provides the necessary conditions to break dormancy.
They will germinate immediately after sowing.Īcorns of bur ( Quercus macrocarpa), pin ( Quercus palustris), and red ( Quercus rubra) oaks will not germinate until they have been exposed to cool temperatures and moist conditions for several weeks. The acorns of white oak ( Quercus alba) and swamp white oak ( Quercus bicolor) should be planted in fall. Most floating acorns are not viable and can be discarded. Sound, viable acorns can be separated from damaged or unfilled acorns by placing them in water. But only the lower end of an acorn’s innards is occupied by a rudimentary root and stem the rest is. Next, place the tree in the hole, and make sure its standing up. Acorns should be collected as soon as they fall to the ground. Like other nuts, an acorn is a seed, an embryonic tree-to-be wrapped in a hard shell. Once you choose your acorn or receive your tree, dig a hole twice as wide as the root ball.
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