Acorns  

I get the little buggers all over after the squirrels have "planted" them. I wouldn't guess that they crack them first. You don't crack any other kind of seed first. Have fun. LOL!

i have never tryed so cant realy help, our squirrel takes all of mine for me

Uh... ask a squirrel?
I don't think you need to crack the shell, because they grow by themselves out in the woods without someone cracking them, and they might rot before they germinate. You could experiment by planting one cracked, and one not cracked, mark the pots and see what happens.

Honestly, I don't know, but I found a website for you.

I just searched "plant an oak tree".

http://forestry.about.com...

Hope it helps.

Blessings.

I think you just put them in the ground.Thats what nature does they just drop to the ground and get on with it.Mind you it does take a long time.

I tried sprouting some acorns in plant pots - nothing happened so I threw the lot out onto the back garden. A year later, I was surprised to see that one of them had sprouted, so I think that they might need a freeze cycle as a lot of seeds do, before they will sprout. I'm no expert though.

I put one in a pot, one autumn. It had been dropped by birds and already started to shoot when I put it in the pot though. Acorns grow very easily but the soil is best if a compost of tree bark and leaves, or hedge cuttings and leaves. Use some soil from woodland if you don't have the time to compost it yourself. No, don't crack the acorn, just put it in as is, and make sure it is open to the natural elements. They grow fairly easily, and the shell will crack as the root and shoot push through, or it will decay in the damp soil.

Brightest Blessings.