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No Acorns on Oak Tree this Year (MI)

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From: LYNNE BRACKETT City: WESTLAND, MI
Our neighbor, with my approval, had several major limbs removed from our 100-foot oak tree that is near the property line in February. Could that cause the tree to not produce acorns this summer?
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Hi Lynne: It is highly unlikely that the pruning of those branches had anything to do with the lack of acorn production on this tree this year. It is not uncommon for individual trees to occasionally experience poor acorn crops. Poor acorn crops can be genetic, cyclical, or the result of unusual weather patterns such as spring frost events, excessively wet spring, drought, etc. Best of luck!
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