Trees that were nice.

Submitted by lynpenny on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 18:19
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We had a nice Red Maple out in the back yard but it fell down.  I don't know why they do that here in Texas but they do.  So now we are replacing it with a Red Oak which is a native tree.  We have a landscaping company coming on Thursday to plant the tree.  I think it will make a nice shade tree for our backyard.  We did get one in a  30 gallon tub so it isn't the little bareroot stick that I have planted in the past.  Being an oak I thought we should get a heads start on the growing instead of starting from stratch.  After all we are retired already.lol
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Submitted by treeman on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 12:32.

If you are planting Quercus rubrum, I think you can be surprised haow fast it will grow, once it becomes established.  I have seen Q. rurum stay with tulip poplar in some of our moist Blue Ridge cove forest stands.  It likes decent soil, good supply of moisture with out soil being saturated and regular fertilization.  Its capable of 3 feet of height growth annualy and 2" of diameter growth every 3 to 5 years if its needs are supplied.  Give it sun.

Where we find spectacular growth is on Farquier soils in those hollows.  These site are also good for hunting morels. 

There is a chance you are planting the Southern Red oakm or turkey oak as we call it here.  This is not quite the grower rubrum is but its not too bad.  Also you may be planting the Shumardi Oak, Q. Shumardii which may exceed the rubrum in its potential.

As you can  see "red oak" is a moniker that is applied to many species of oak. 

 

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