A certain white oak mast crop failure this fall......

[Bonefreak]

With the recent record lows, frost, and snowfall conditions in some areas where oaks were flowering already.....

White oak mast crop may be a bust this fall. 

Red oaks should save the day.....thats only if their flowering cycle wasn't adversely affected during last years 2019 spring weather .....if so.....and there is 2 consecutive springs of poor flowering conditions....ie double jeopardy.....Definitely not a good scenario and total acorn failure, red and white, may result. 

Put in an extra food plot or 2....or buy more bags of corn!!

https://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/hunting/2007/09/mast-production-nutshell/

[Greybeard]

Fined that one oak that's dropping.  Deer will be moving for food, heading for grazing early.  Might be a good year coming.

[MRMCR]

You forgot to mention all the heavy winds as well........while winds are good for pollination , heavy winds knock off the flowers.......

[DV1]

We had very few white oak acorns here last fall, almost none. 2 years in a row would be bad. 

Edited May 11, 2020 by DV1

[Rem Mag]

Apples, crab apples and pear as well......a cold snap at just the wrong time can ruin everything.... I have definitely noticed a difference in an area where we hunt upstate New York with the crab apples... the low areas of the higher elevations that collects cold air has had less consistency last few years producing 

[Greybeard]

Oaks are just starting to bloom on the mountain.  Those should produce.  There are still a lot of acorns on the ground from last fall'  No deer around to eat them.

[stratocaster]

1 hour ago, Greybeard said:

Oaks are just starting to bloom on the mountain.  Those should produce.  There are still a lot of acorns on the ground from last fall'  No deer around to eat them.

Really??  Where in NJ other than the Pine barrens are there no deer around to eat acorns?  

[Rusty]

41 minutes ago, stratocaster said:

Really??  Where in NJ other than the Pine barrens are there no deer around to eat acorns?  

We still have a lot of red oak acorns on the ground in zones 3 and 6.  

[Rusty]

On 5/11/2020 at 5:37 PM, DV1 said:

We had very few white oak acorns here last fall, almost none. 2 years in a row would be bad. 

The red oaks are more important than the whites, whites germinate as soon as they fall so they only last a short time in early fall.  Reds don't germinate until spring so they provide food throughout the fall and winter.  

[Greybeard]

2 hours ago, stratocaster said:

Really??  Where in NJ other than the Pine barrens are there no deer around to eat acorns?  

 

1 hour ago, Rusty said:

We still have a lot of red oak acorns on the ground in zones 3 and 6.  

and in zone 1.  Another mismanaged park that was allowed to be over hunted.  Was a lot of deer and big bucks there before it was ruined.

[Bonefreak]

From a red oak in front yard....if whites fail.....reds may turn out to be the savior for the fall mast crop.....in Central jersey,  anyway