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I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to
move it but not yet maybe :-)

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On 30/10/2011 15:41, Kate Morgan wrote:
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to
move it but not yet maybe :-)

kate

I am forever pulling up ones up to about 6", I I left them I would have
a oak sapling forest by now.

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I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to
move it but not yet maybe :-)

kate

I am forever pulling up ones up to about 6", I I left them I would have
a oak sapling forest by now.



I left one in my lawn not that many years ago, it's now about 25 foot
high and growing! I just don't have the heart to cut it down though it
will inevitably shadow part of the vegetable beds.
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:53:43 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote:

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I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have
to move it but not yet maybe :-)

kate

I am forever pulling up ones up to about 6", I I left them I would have
a oak sapling forest by now.



I left one in my lawn not that many years ago, it's now about 25 foot
high and growing! I just don't have the heart to cut it down though it
will inevitably shadow part of the vegetable beds.


Much higher and any council official doing a tree survey will say "Oh
look an Oak, here have a tree protection order."

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Much higher and any council official doing a tree survey will say "Oh
look an Oak, here have a tree protection order."




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and from a helicopter or even from Google Earth/Maps?

Actually don't think so as it's next to next door's dying cherry tree
and on this side is a large holly and a hazel so it's amongst a few .
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"Kate Morgan" wrote
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have
to move it but not yet maybe :-)


Do you get jays in the garden? I've no oak tree but every spring we get
several oak seedlings popping up. One or two have turned up in the hedge
but others I've have to remove.

Something brings the acorns in and the culprits are jays, I believe.
This time of year I often see these birds poking around at the bottom
end of the garden, busily planting their hoard. Squirrels seem to be
more into eating or stashing away our hazelnuts before we have a chance
to get any.
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"Kate Morgan" wrote
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have
to move it but not yet maybe :-)


Do you get jays in the garden? I've no oak tree but every spring we get
several oak seedlings popping up. One or two have turned up in the hedge
but others I've have to remove.

Something brings the acorns in and the culprits are jays, I believe.
This time of year I often see these birds poking around at the bottom
end of the garden, busily planting their hoard. Squirrels seem to be
more into eating or stashing away our hazelnuts before we have a chance
to get any.
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Sue do you a swap. One Oak tree for Six Bay Trees and as many Lilly of the
Valley :-( as you like, but give me time to sort those out for transport, I
lost last years :-((

Could also do a nice line in Holly as well. Not bad for a postage stamp
garden ;-)

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On 30/10/2011 15:41, Kate Morgan wrote:
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to
move it but not yet maybe :-)

kate



That's great, Kate! We have quite a lot spring up in our garden and I
keep as many as I can.

If I were you, I'd lift and move this little tree before it gets too
deeply rooted. Moved now, it will enjoy the warm soil and get its roots
down over winter. Left for very long, it will be harder to lift and you
may damage its roots.

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On 30/10/2011 15:41, Kate Morgan wrote:
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to
move it but not yet maybe :-)

kate

If it will be unsuitable for your garden, try contacting your local
nature reserve/Forestry commission to see if they coul give it a good
home before it becomes too big to move easily?

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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:05:20 +0000, Malcolm wrote:

On 30/10/2011 15:41, Kate Morgan wrote:
I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to
move it but not yet maybe :-)

kate

If it will be unsuitable for your garden, try contacting your local
nature reserve/Forestry commission to see if they coul give it a good
home before it becomes too big to move easily?

Malcolm


A few years ago my neighbour and I moved a small oak tree from his
garden to a big grassed roundabout. It is now about 15 x 15 feet and
looks really good.

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I have just found a baby oak tree in the garden, We have several large
trees, but no Oaks. It is about a foot tall and I realise I will have to
move it but not yet maybe :-)

kate


Do you have to move it? Space constrictions, perhaps? If so, do it
when it's dormant but more importantly (perhaps) can you give it a
site/cause that will have room for it?


I would leave it but it is about 10ft. outside the kitchen window so there
might be a problem in years to come :-) I am wandering about looking for
somewhere it can grow.
There are jays in the Forest Sue but we are right on the edge and they don't
visit us very often :-(

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