How to grow Acorns.

I have an Acorn tree in either neighbour's gardens each side and some Acorns have fallen, others hang on the tree. I would like to grow a few to place in hedges on my garden borders but have no idea how to set about it.

 

You just bury them a couple of inches deep and wait till around May next year.

You can grow in pots if you want but they are mostly just easy.

 

Do oak trees make good hedges?

 

Many thanks.

 

I think you could make a nice large hedge from holm oak.
The more common native oak which is obviously deciduous would make a hedge if clipped, you sometimes see it in hedgerows.
But probably not good as a single species in a hedge.

 

What gives acorns the best chance - planting the seeds outdoors (where they or young shoots can be eaten by wildlife) or popping them in the fridge for a few months then planting in deep pots (or old milk cartons), waiting until they've grown until about a foot high then planting outdoors?

 

They are so easy to come by I'd just plant in a bed outside.

You could plant lots and thin them out in the spring.

 

They grow so easily without any help required, we get them germinating and growing well in the flower borders as well as in the cracks between the paving slabs on our patios.

 

Thanks for the replies.