Hello Steve..........can I ask a question please. You replanted the conker into a container the same depth as the root...........doesnt the root need space to grow further, a much deeper pot ?

Definitely a pine marten or pole cat.

You sure there not rabbit holes 😂

How many have you planted in total Steve? And what percentage took? Have you lost many? Thanks.

I sit on my porch every fall and watch the squirrel do. They do a great job and seem to enjoy themselves. Scappering all around. Enjoy the brist fall air. Hey did you know squirrels can run at 17 miles an hour. That without shoes or goggles.

Amazing 😍🌱🌿👏

My father was a bellringer there back in the 1930s

I just place them in a plastic bag with a little water to make the bag damp … they will germinate within 7 to 14 days if it’s not too cold ( Oct Nov uk)

Watch out for the squirrels and the badgers

Wonder how big the tree is now 👀

Resin tub!

Will it work if they have cracked?

can you sow them when they are green ?.

Hello. I collected many acorns from my area. When they were green they all sank. Now that they are turning brown, they float. Should these be planted when they are green?

How is it doing now? Is it water resistant? I am planning to make an outdoor moss wall, experimenting with corn starch, water, vinegar and syrup now

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I planted 3 in some cups last fall, 2 of them succeeded, and now that it’s spring I transplanted them outside. They grew the first few weeks, then they stopped due to there not being enough space to grow. Now that they have space to grow hopefully they grow big and healthy.

Hi Steve, I planted my conkers in Oct/Nov outside and they now have long roots on them. When will they start to sprout up? I’m in Yorkshire

Cheers Steve

That Moon is Super moon Large one of 2016

This reminds me of every uk winter 🥶 year’s No governments or local councils or especially the environmental protection agencies Forget about gods , just hope that there are people out there who can help the people In the flood areas 💗💗💗💗💗💗

it has happened just about every year since year dot. The calder in Mirfield fllods just about every Winter, norbally flooding the Shipp Inn

BEEN UP THERE TODAY TAKEN SOME PHOTOS AND FILM OF THE CHURCH AND THE WOOEN STOCKS OUTSIDE

Thanks Stephen , this is so useful . I have just planted my 2021 acorn supply and are outside in the coldest part of the garden. Fingers crossed 🤞🙂

My grandad gave me a conker last week, he’s big on gardening but I love my indoor plants, time to make my ol man proud 🌱

I’m from Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Planted mine yesterday in pots and left them outside. Do you think they’ll be okay?

Mine are still in their pots , they've just had their 4th summer, they are fantastic, it's so rewarding to watch them grow , I've started to prune them back just a little because I want to keep them from getting to big and out of control, I've got some acorns I planted too and it's interesting to see how much slower they grow than the conkers.

Do they need watering from above or below?

At what point is the sprout no longer appealing to squirrels? I planted some and the squirrels dug them up.

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Steve do you just pick them up off floor.

Thanks Steve

Thanks Steve, Video helped me loads. Im going to try and grow some this year. Keep them Vids coming.

Horrible. Use as little plastic as possible and remember to recycle.

Is it possible to grow oak tree at a temperature of 20-30 degree Celsius

Is it possible to grow oak tree at a temperature of 20-30 degree Celsius

Brilliant info, I’m really interested in trying this. So to clarify, you winterise your acorns outside in the soil rather than keeping them in the fridge? (I’ve heard that method talked about a lot)

Why are they called conkers??

wooow ..thanks for the drone imagines .

Well this is a lovely video well paced, with time to look around, I used to work here in Mirfield in the early sixties through to the early eighties, I worked in nearly every house and certainly in every public building, schools and churches, you have made an old man go down memory Lane, for this I thank you. Bob

I live in NZ so no squirrels - Aussie possums bad enough without adding insult to severe injury! So as to laying acorns on their side to grow, I shouldn't imagine a squirrel would be too mindful of that when burying a stash. I collected a pocketful of acorns 3 months ago from under a Northland tree and bunged them in a pot on a wait-and-see basis. I did not refrigerate them - our summers are really hot - but I scarified them lightly on sandpaper and soaked them overnight in a very dilute seaweed solution, then planted, all in the same container, arse-up. So far there are two seedlings showing, so I might now transplant them as per your method. I have a one third acre section in the far north but, at the age of 73 I will not see an oak tree to maturity even though they grow faster and croak sooner here than in their native land. They often need cable bracing of the heavy limbs, especially if near pedestrian traffic. The Waikato town of Cambridge is a good place to see English trees in full glory during spring time. Being inland and further south, they do get reasonably heavy frosts. Cheers, Col.

As a child I lived in a village down from Castle Hill. My brothers & I would walk through the cow fields & climb up to the top, hard going through snow but even harder on a very windy day. I have memories of standing by the castle where we would lay into the oncoming wind & the sheer force would keep our bodie lifted at an angle! One of my favourite places with many years of memories. I took my own children there & my boys raced their remote control cars up there & our whippet would chase her ball. Happy days 💞

I planted a conka 2 years ago in my garden and it grew to 1ft after one year but this year it has really took off and has loads of new growth and leaf and measures over 2 ft it looks amazing! However I would like to move it before it gets too big. What time is best to move it where it will spend its lifetime ?

Hey Steve! Do we know that the flour won't dry and the moss won't fall off?

hello mate.........Im a bit confused,you say the 16" sapling was planted Oct 2016 then say now is April 2017. So you grew this tree over a 7 month period that period being an English winter ?

Thanks again. I have just planted mine. Is that about the minimum length of root you can pot on?

I have a whole bucket of chestnuts that i overwintered and now am planting them in some soil. Any other recommendations for correct planting in soil. I have heard to lay them on their sides instead of the normal root down? Thanks.

Hello Steve, excellent idea on this topic! I was just wondering how to make a living moss wall and happened to stumble upon your video. How is this working now? And are the moss alive and or will they eventually fall off the tile? Thank you so much Love from Nepal 🇳🇵

Hi Steve, sorry if you've already covered this somewhere else, this is where I'm at with the conkers. I collected them in sept 2020, did the float test, "planted" them in plant pots, yoghurt pots and leftover ones in the ground. on 16th March 2021 I noticed what I thought was a red worm in the ground, I went to move it when I realised it was one of the ground conkers I'd forgotten about. I had a look at all the other pots and they'd not shot through, do you think the red/white sprouts have come out the ones in the pot but they've not come through yet? Thanks.