What makes a little hole in acorns ?

[posie]

Hello BloomingMarvellous, Would you please translate your last post on this thread ,and would you please also state to which post it refers, as I do not know what it means, and I would like to know, Thankyou, I'm learning all the time ! ! POSIE ..

[posie]

LORIPO ....I don't know what tree it is . I'll find out, I'll also have a good look at it in the morning so I can describe it's unusual-ness.

[BloomingMarvellous]

I'm sorry Posie, not sure how that happened. Wrong thread, should have put it on the Music thread.

[posie]

Originally Posted by solus

Also, variegated trees can produce non-variegated branches which can make the whole tree look like it has two different sets of leaves: one green, one gold/variegated or whatever. There's a type of sycamore this happens with I believe, and it also occurs with some ornamental shrubs. A grafted tree (such as a fruit tree with one variety grafted on to a different rootstock) can sometimes produce shoots from the rootstock below the graft and these may be far more vigorous than the "new" tree. It happens, too, with my Corkscrew Hazel, where strong, straight shoots grow from below the graft and have to be regularly removed to prevent them taking over.

Whoops, we seem to have moved even further away from holey acorns and insects....

well, thankyou for replying BM.

[BloomingMarvellous]

Your Welcome Posie.

[posie]

The fallen acorns that have not been attacked by the weevils are sprouting, is this normal at this time of year, I was wondering if the frost will kill the shoots. I've brought a few in out of the (future) frosts and put them in compost,leafmould earth mixture in a cool light barn,but sheltered from frost. If they survive I will pot them up til the Spring then set them outdoors. I love little baby trees, I've got some little hornbeams and hawthorns that started last spring.