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28 Jan.
Kept in a plastic bag, many of the acorns
picked from the "Big-leaved" oak at the Alden
barranca spot sprouted. (Picked 17 Jan)
I discarded those that had sprouted by today
assuming: they were essentially undamaged
by insects
Sprouted Not yet sprouted
10
10 20
10
10
10
7
57
TOTAL 77 76
The 20 that had not yet sprouted and 20 of those
that had (total) were kept.
40
6 Feb.
Of the 40, 26 had now sprouted The 14 that didn't sprout
split were split
Giving a total of 57
6
63 sprouts
14 no sprouts
82% viability
Minimum
The other 9
looked
O.K.
94% Max
viability