Comments on: Mast and Mast Years http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/mast-and-mast-years/ A blog about woodland activities, outdoor skills and conservation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ChicagoConcertman~Scott http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/mast-and-mast-years/comment-page-1/#comment-9787 ChicagoConcertman~Scott Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:14:01 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/mast-and-mast-years/#comment-9787 Last year we had a big flood in late spring causing all nut trees to explode. Even trees that thought to old or never remembered ever seeding put out huge numbers of Acorns. Horse chestnut and all the types of Oaks like Burr, red, savanna, I would say I collected 10 different looking Oaks. I did not know we had Black Walnut here so did not visit them to see if they also dazed the squirrels. Wendy with Beech Nut tree. Your tree is healthy and doing what it's supposed to. Thats why when you plant new from Arborist, those trees don't seed or fruit because, like you, we don't need more of a mess than leaves in fall. Your tree might be natural, look around for older beech close by. If Beech is native to your area, it might be the last from long line, genetically one of a kind representing your area...OUR ASH TREE'S MASTED THIS YEAR IN ILLINOIS. IRONICALLY, ALL WILL BE DEAD NEXT YEAR FROM EMERALD ASH BORER, Causing White, Green, Black, and modified ones like Autumn Purple to become EXTINCT in it's native U.S. of America & Canada. This masting is "God sent" from Mother Nature for our Forest on the Des Plains river bordering Chicago on our west. If your tree is old, send some nuts into a Seed bank which preserves genetic lines....Peace Out........ Last year we had a big flood in late spring causing all nut trees to explode. Even trees that thought to old or never remembered ever seeding put out huge numbers of Acorns. Horse chestnut and all the types of Oaks like Burr, red, savanna, I would say I collected 10 different looking Oaks. I did not know we had Black Walnut here so did not visit them to see if they also dazed the squirrels. Wendy with Beech Nut tree. Your tree is healthy and doing what it’s supposed to. Thats why when you plant new from Arborist, those trees don’t seed or fruit because, like you, we don’t need more of a mess than leaves in fall. Your tree might be natural, look around for older beech close by. If Beech is native to your area, it might be the last from long line, genetically one of a kind representing your area…OUR ASH TREE’S MASTED THIS YEAR IN ILLINOIS. IRONICALLY, ALL WILL BE DEAD NEXT YEAR FROM EMERALD ASH BORER, Causing White, Green, Black, and modified ones like Autumn Purple to become EXTINCT in it’s native U.S. of America & Canada. This masting is “God sent” from Mother Nature for our Forest on the Des Plains river bordering Chicago on our west. If your tree is old, send some nuts into a Seed bank which preserves genetic lines….Peace Out……..

]]> By: wendy wilcox http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/mast-and-mast-years/comment-page-1/#comment-8135 wendy wilcox Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:42:59 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/mast-and-mast-years/#comment-8135 I have so many beech nuts falling that they are driving me mad. The garden is full all the time and they hurt when they hit you; quite frankly, if this continues I shall have them cut down I have so many beech nuts falling that they are driving me mad.
The garden is full all the time and they hurt when they hit you; quite frankly, if this continues I shall have them cut down

]]> By: Chris http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/mast-and-mast-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Chris Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/mast-and-mast-years/#comment-1957 So many things can affect fruit / seed formation but weather, at the time of flowering, would be a significant factors - coupled with the number of pollinating agents (in the case of insect pollinated species - such as horse chestnut). If you go to Google scholar and search for "mast years", you get an interesting selection of papers on the topic. So many things can affect fruit / seed formation but weather, at the time of flowering, would be a significant factors – coupled with the number of pollinating agents (in the case of insect pollinated species – such as horse chestnut). If you go to Google scholar and search for “mast years”, you get an interesting selection of papers on the topic.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/mast-and-mast-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 Tracy Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:28:28 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/mast-and-mast-years/#comment-1946 Thanks for this Chris, the Small woodland owners have been discussing this issue. (www.woodlands.co.uk/swog) as I was wondering why we had no acorns this year. What would you put it down to? Is it a result of past weather, or the trees predicted weather? There are also very few chestnuts, due to the cold and wet summer, so I am thinking that there will be some hungry animals around! Tracy Thanks for this Chris, the Small woodland owners have been discussing this issue. (www.woodlands.co.uk/swog) as I was wondering why we had no acorns this year. What would you put it down to? Is it a result of past weather, or the trees predicted weather?

There are also very few chestnuts, due to the cold and wet summer, so I am thinking that there will be some hungry animals around!
Tracy

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