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Backpack blowers are usefull for many habitat projects, esp for creating bare earth fire breaks in leaf laden forest floor, actual fire fighting by moving errant fire and fuel back into burn unit, creating a fuel free buffer around crop trees or tall dead snags, clearing leaf clutter in late...

Oikos arrived in great condition last Thursday and planted all this weekend in three locations. Chestnutleaf and burgamble were of the 6-12" variety. The burlive were 12-24" seedlings and I noticed that roots on trees of this size were pruned with an angle cut right at the base of paper pot...

We don't have prickly ash that I'm aware of...but if it's truly an ash then Remedy would do a good job. Most trees less than 3" basal diameter can be effectively controlled with a basal bark application to the lower 12" of stem with Remedy Ultra;Diesel fuel (3;1). This can be done at any time of...

Tell momma that BR550 would make a great easter gift to beautify her yard! She may just surprise you! Got a lil note today from UPS....Oikios are on the way for ETA of Wed....25 each of burgamble, burlive, and chestnutlleaf...all paper potted. Which is best?...plant with or without removing...

Things are a bit different here, but we've had more snow this year than in last 2 decades combined...fortunately no damaging ice! Elm is easy to spot this time of year as it is the first tree to begin shedding bud scales. Noticed yesterday while hinging that sap is beginning to move in most...

In SE OK, we planted 50 each of roughleaf, sand plum, and fragrant sumac and the soil wasn't froze. There is an OK mesonet webpage that gives usefull info such as soil temps at various depth and soil moisture which is a huge benefit when planting anything. Checked last Friday and soil temps were...

I think your right there. I've had the fortunate/unfortunate experience of dealing with sprouts over the years and do believe it's related to browse preference. In terms of prevelance for us: hickory>elm>ash>blackjack>post oak. Each seem to differ also in ability to recover from browse...

Thanks for adding more tree IDs. Never really pay much attention to elm other than looking up at one and saying 'there is wasted deer food' and hit the saw throttle. Winged elm is easy to spot. I'll take a closer look at slippery or american buds then compare to your pics. Thanks again those...

Same here! Haven't seen this many ice/sleet/snow events in several decades...maybe like the 70's....getting pretty stir crazy! :thrwrck: Thanks for the clarification from both of you on those questions! 24" tubes are exact half price of the 48s so I'll just order them and some more 48s. Will...

A few questions? Thanks in advance! Miracle tubes came in today and I plan on cutting to 2' length and drilling more holes. These shorties will be shrub tubes. Will buy more of 4' tubes for oaks. Do you drill additional holes only in the upper 2/3rds or over the entire length of tubes? Are...

The wedge shaped dibble will handle gravely/rocky soil (we have much of this) while the pointed one is better for softer soils. So to kill 2 birds with 1 stone, I'd go for the wedge design. Thanks for the clarification on the spacing, we have very minimal marketable timer acres (thinkin less...

So if a guy dropped by to visit you'd expect a lil sweat equity? :confused: Foresty Suppliers has dibble bars..not too bad on price http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/View_Catalog_Page.asp?mi=1592 Ran across these research papers comparing mats to tubes, various tube...

We used split applications of ammonium nitrate last fall and it worked really well for both topgrowth (10"+) and bulbs (up to softball size). Local COOP had bagged AN last season, but he told me it would be strict bulk this year. We will just need to find a use for 500 lb! :way:

Beginning to put this together. Thanks LC! A few gereral questions: Inre eliminating competition....could I use black landscape cloth (2x2' or 4x4') around the seedlings? I have some on hand. Is carboard still considered a viable option? Moisture preservation may be an issue for us...OK...

I'm a day late and dime short on pre-planning for this years tree plantings. Dilema is the herbicide route to use for controlling competition. Read the Oust info here and the label and I keep reading in circles. Don't want to mess up and kill that which is planted. So here is the question. If...

Thanks letemgrow! I took chokecherry off the list because of possible toxicity to cattle (cyanide related compound). Bush lespedeza and honeysuckle can be invasive, so omitted those as well. Will look into AP and your MO link. LC...some of Okie state fact sheets links posted earlier in this...

Checked the OK forresty page and the following bare roots are available:<TABLE border=1 borderColor=#4f6128><TBODY><TR><TD style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 20px">Shrubs </TD><TD style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 20px">chokecherry </TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; WIDTH: 50px; HEIGHT: 20px...

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you! 95% of our oaks are post and blackjack. Blackjack predominates the poorest of upland soil. The remaining 5% of oaks are: southern red and(or) pin, water, and bigelow which are pretty much exclusive to bottomland.

Never tried it but here is a quick link...best to do a more thorough lit search....look under 'How to Start These Seeds' for the basics http://www.treehelp.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=SD-11310 If you have a cattleman or crop guy w/crp neaby I'm sure they wouldn't mind you digging all the small...

Wow...lots of neat things since I last visited! Fanatic...those pics look awsome! Just wondering if you have problems with spruce beetles? We used to fish in upper mannitoba and the local folk absolutely hated those bugs...they'd stop mid-conversation to run 10 yds and stomp a spruce beetle...