You know that business about mighty oaks and little acorns?

[Kali]

3. where I am we only have brushy type oaks with small stickery leaves

you would never want to use as a TP substitute. my Grandfather on my Father's side was raised and went to college in Missouri. on some trip back there he brought back some acorns and got them started in Tucson of all places. he gave me one but I let it get too dry the second year I had it and it died. that was one dead plant I have always felt the worst about.

I tell my sister I do not have a green thumb, that gardening is like photography what makes the real difference between a so-so and a good one is getting rid of the duds! throw shitty pictures away (or delete in the modern age) and get rid of plants that are dead.