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Sunday - January 19, 2014
From: Manor, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Planting, Trees
Title: January good time to plant live oak in January from Manor TX
Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:
I want to plant a Live Oak in January. Is this a good time to plant it?ANSWER:
The best. To reinforce this answer, please read this previous Mr. Smarty Plants answer from someone who wanted to plant a live oak in June in Austin. This gives you all the reasons why it is so much better to plant it now while it is cool and we didn't want to retype all the material. And, well, yes, we're a little lazy.
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