Phil Palmer wrote:
I planted an oak seedling last year, it is doing great but I have a concern
about wind. Where I live it can get windy especially in spring and during
storms. The seedling's trunk at the base is only about 1/2-1inch in diameter
and the leaves are in a ball at the top, which is about 7-8 feet tall. I
stake it to about 4ft but now the top sways like a poodle's tail in a dog
show. Will my seedling grow to be crooked? I have several other trees that
have grown to look like they had been planted by the Piza designers in
Italy. So I am not a nut. Please help.

See the next-to-last paragraph of my
http://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_oak_acorn.html. This might NOT
work for all oaks, but the result was excellent for my Q. lobata.

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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/