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    Default Planting persimmons and sawtooth Oaks?

    Looking to plant some for future generations hopefully.
    Can/will they be successful planted in forest growth, limited sunlight due to tree canopy?
    Have you transplanted native persimmon trees and they grew? I've seen fields with head high trees in them and thought of digging them up.
    Sawtooths, were is the best place to get them in SC or closest?
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    You want to plant them where they can get plenty of sunlight

    Hallman's is a great place to get trees
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    x2 for Hallmans. Transplant or plant sapplings in late fall, or early spring. February is when I like to do it.

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    X3 for Hallmans. Mr Benny is a wealth of knowledge!


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    and yes, they will need an open canopy to grow well. they will survive in woods but growth will be half of those in direct sun. from my experience anyways

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    I've got native persimmons that pop up all over the place but only a couple trees that actually produce fruit. Persimmons are either male or female and you need both to get fruit.

    Sawtooths like sun and you also need to put tubes or cages around them to keep deer from rubbing them to death.

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    Hallmans is a great resource, but SC Forestry is also a decent resource and cheap. And yes, you need sunlight. I wouldn't be inclined to plant in forest, even one that's been thinned.
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    I recommend researching how evasive sawtooths are before planting.


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    Give your trees a better chance of survival by purchasing a tube and mat for each tree.

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    Persimmons have a big root that often takes a 90 degree turn that runs parallel to the ground. You have to be careful digging them up, but they are hardy if you do it the right time of year.

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    Is Sawtooth the best besides white/ live? I'd like to see deer under them in my lifetime.
    Ive hunted a WMA that has sawtooths planted and producing well, upstate area. There were plenty of acorns on the ground and not alot of tracks. Had they been white Oaks or live I doubt there would have been any on the ground.
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    Take a look at dunstan chestnuts as well
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gut_Pile View Post
    Take a look at dunstan chestnuts as well
    Chinese chestnuts are a lot cheaper and also grow and produce rapidly.
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    I bought 100 persimmons from SC Forestry and about 80 of them died. I bought 30 from Native Nurseries and everyone made it. NN are a good bit more expensive but planting trees is a pain so I would rather get a quality seedling and only have to plant once. Also bought 30 of their hybrid chestnuts. Only one of them didn’t make it. All are in tree shelters and are planted in open areas (field edges).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigtimber2 View Post
    I recommend researching how evasive sawtooths are before planting.


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    Quote Originally Posted by mudflat View Post
    Looking to plant some for future generations hopefully.
    Can/will they be successful planted in forest growth, limited sunlight due to tree canopy?
    Have you transplanted native persimmon trees and they grew? I've seen fields with head high trees in them and thought of digging them up.
    Sawtooths, were is the best place to get them in SC or closest?
    If you are planting for future generations, I would plant red oaks and white oaks where appropriate. Naitve and not near the issues.
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    that was funny Frank1
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    So they spread like kudzu?
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    Pit bull of oaks.


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