Sounds like a hinge cut wouldn't help, but if you can get the shooters that are sprouting to grow...my goats favorite browse is ash. I like to think they behave like deer
I wonder if acorns from the faster producers will produce faster. My neighborhood has a long creek planted alternating burr and red oak. I believe they were planted about the time, maybe 10-15 yrs ago. The red oak are larger some have large quantities of acorns on the ground. The burrs...
Very interested if anyone has been successful with oak grafting. Its been a few years since this thread happened, would love some follow up. My understanding about grafting would be a huge benefit on speed to produce because the graft scion would be the maturity of the donor.