Saving a few live oaks

Kristina! Welcome to the buzz. Thank you for the work you're doing over there. Live Oaks are remarkable trees. I hope they make it.

In the article it said that if there's a drought the trees could be crisp by July. Is it worth it to irrigate the trees to get them stable, then wean them off the irrigation? Or best to have a darwinian, "only the strong survive" mentality.

Best of luck. Keep us updated!

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nick
 
Hey Nick, Thanks for your support. The little trees I have in my project have been irrigated on a regular basis. Over the next year though we will probably let off a little on the waterings. I think when we transplanted them last year they suffered from sunscald. They were growing under the thick shady canopy, ripped out of the ground and then placed in plots that were in the full sun, then we had a real hot spring , most lost their leaves and then slowly grew new ones back and now they look much better. I will keep you posted. I can’t wait to see how the acorns did, real soon I should see some activity above ground.
~Kristina
 
I've never transplanted a tree of signifigant size, but I am keeping track of many trees I've seen across the country that I will one day transfer to my own house! I've got a couple of Camperdown Elms that I hope to own....really!

From what I see, the best bet is to put a tree into a new environment that the tree doesn't know is new. Orient it the same, put it next to a building if it was next to one, give it similar water, etc.

I remember a tree that was on my college campus. It was a scrappy crab apple on the east side of an old gymnasium. It only got sun in the morning. They took the building down and the whole west side of the tree burned in a few months. The leaves shriveled up. I thought the tree was a gonnner. By next spring it was looking like it had adapted to it's new home. I think the tree is still there. It's been about 5 years now.

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nick
 
I live in wilmington, nc and i aplaud your efforts. Certain places like bald head island have the most beautiful live oaks i've ever seen and without them this seaside landscape would never be the same.
Keep up the good fight....and save the live oaks too.
 
Thanks Jason, I think they are amazing trees, they sure do well through all the hurricanes we have around here. I grew up in New England and in the fall people flock form everywhere to look at the trees. They bus them in from all over the country. I learned at a young age people love trees and they will pay a lot of money to see them! The south has it's wonderful live oaks. I don't understand why so many are not being saved. ~K
 
Thanks Steve, Now if only I could get some tuition money for the project that would be great! Bonnie wants me to present a student paper on the project at ISA this summer. Hopefully I can get something together by then. Hope you are doing well. See ya around, ~K
 
Treena,

Great project and article!

I'm trying to put together some pieces of the puzzle.

I'm guessing you are studing under Bonnie Lee Appleton, Is that correct? If so, I envy you for that.
 
Eric, Thanks, Yes, I am at Virginia Tech working on my Masters in Horticulture and Dr. Appleton is my advisor, I feel very blessed to know her and work under her!
 
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