{"product_id":"chinquapin-oak-tree","title":"Chinquapin Oak Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eChinquapin oak is the oak for limestone. Where a live oak goes chlorotic and a red oak sulks, this one roots into high-pH caliche and grows fast for an oak. The acorns are sweet and low-tannin, which is why deer and turkey clean them up in a week. A true Texas native, the best native alternative to sawtooth for a food plot, and the competition sells exactly zero of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat actually ships\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e3-Gallon:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 5 ft tall, 1\/2 to 3\/4 in caliper, container-grown, single leader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e7-Gallon:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 to 7 ft tall, 3\/4 to 1-1\/4 in caliper, container-grown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoot form:\u003c\/strong\u003e Container-grown, root ball intact. Oaks resent bare-root handling and we do not ship them that way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipped as:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upright in a corrugated carton, soil bagged at the collar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAcorn timeline:\u003c\/strong\u003e First crops typically 8 to 12 years. Slower to mast than sawtooth, which is the honest tradeoff for planting a native\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMature size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50 to 70 ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50 to 60 ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast for a white oak, 1.5 to 2.5 ft per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeaf:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chestnut-like, coarsely toothed, glossy above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere it grows\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 to 9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTexas planting window:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15 to February 28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative status:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTrue Texas native.\u003c\/strong\u003e Quercus muehlenbergii is native from the Edwards Plateau through North and East Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Built for limestone and caliche. pH 7.5 to 8.2 is fine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSun:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater:\u003c\/strong\u003e Low once established\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTexas care notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOak wilt:\u003c\/strong\u003e Do not prune between February 1 and June 30. Oak wilt is moved by sap beetles in spring. Paint every wound within 30 minutes, any time of year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40 to 50 ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrowse protection:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cage it. Deer browse chinquapin hard in the first three years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShip window and your cancellation right\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eField-grown Texas stock ships during the dormant season. \u003cstrong\u003eOrders ship between October 15 and December 15, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e, oldest order first. That is deliberate: Texas Arbor Day is the first Friday in November (November 6, 2026) because fall is when a tree should go in the ground here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we cannot ship inside that window we will email you \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e it closes with a revised date and a one-click cancel link. If the new date is 30 days or less past the original, you can wait or cancel, your choice. If we need more than 30 days, your order is cancelled and refunded automatically unless you tell us to hold it. Refunds go back to your original card within 7 business days. This is the FTC Mail Order Rule (16 CFR Part 435) and we would rather you use it than be surprised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe spec is the promise\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeasure your tree against the \"What actually ships\" numbers above on the day it arrives. If it misses the spec, photograph it and we refund you in full and you keep the tree. We are not going to send you a stick and a photograph of somebody else's oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this image:\u003c\/strong\u003e our product photography is an illustrative rendering of a mature, well-grown specimen of this species. It is not a photograph of the individual plant you will receive. 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