a non-aroid question

From: Lester Kallus lkallus at earthlink.net> on 2000.11.10 at 04:35:14(5662) OK, so this has absolutely nothing to do with anything even remotely connected with aroids. What happened to the acorns on Long Island this year? Last year the rattle +More of them falling against the skylights created such a racket that I couldn't have slept in my new bedroom even if it had been ready. The aftermath included sheets of acorns on the ground sometimes a couple inches thick. This year I haven't seen a single acorn. I understand that there might be some variation in seed production from one year to the next - but zero acorns? I truly haven't seen a single one and my property is covered with tall oak trees. (I expect to find skinny squirrels begging for scraps.) Les

From: "C. R. Waldron" cwaldron at frognet.net> on 2000.11.10 at 15:24:08(5665) > What happened to the acorns on Long Island this year? > This year I haven't seen a single It's not an answer to your, question but Southern Ohio and West Virginia have a bumper crop--many more than last year. A WV wildlife report says there are so many acorns that the deer fill up in 30 minutes and lay down the rest of the day. I guess that's good news for the deer, bad for hunters. +More Clarence Waldron

From: "George R Stilwell, Jr." grsjr at juno.com> on 2000.11.10 at 15:24:23(5666) Les, The current acorn supply is greatly diminished here in North Carolina too. I have observed that production is heavy one year and scarce the next - this over a number of years. +More Ray GRSJr@Juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

From: Al Wootten awootten at NRAO.EDU> on 2000.11.10 at 15:25:20(5668) Lester Boy we've got a bumper crop of acorns down here in Virginia. Can't walk anywhere without a crunch crunch underfoot, nor sleep for the banging on the roof. Second year in a row, and we have a bumper crop of squirrels along with it (who keep diggin up my amorph corms, even in pots--they have a real thing for A. konjac, which I have obtained two years in a row now and lost two years in a row). I guess they like variety in their diets...but at least once I've found a bulbifer corm off in the gutter, apparent victim of the furry grey amophophallicides, so maybe they just redistribute them. Still no frost here, latest date I recall. Clear skies, Al Charlottesville, Va.

From: Jmh98law at aol.com on 2000.11.10 at 15:25:35(5669) Les, Here in Northern Michigan, the acorns started dropping in August. I asked one of my neighbors, a retire forester, if it was because of the drought. He said that in a dry year, the trees will drop many of them early (relatively unformed) to use the energy for leaf retention / food production. I've seen a few acorns here and there as I've been working out in the yard. But this is not a typical year. Jeanne Hannah +More Traverse City, MI 49686 USDA Zone 5b IAS, AEG, NARGS, AOS

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