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Whats the best way to pot norway spruce plugs? Do you use regular dirt from the ground the tree will be transplanted into or use miracle grow potting soil? Never did this before.

Whats the best way to maintain a new conifer planting for optimal growth and weed control? I currently use round up and stinger around trees to control weeds but should I plant grass or green strip around them or near them to help control other woody plants from growing in so I can mow between...

Just wondering what the best method is for planting miscatus to help minimize weeds . I've tried about everything and it seems like I'm getting significant weeds in stands. I normally just dig holes with shovel or spray roundup first in spring to kill area then till, plant rhizomes and spray...

I have a bunch of woody growth growing amongst my norway spruce and cedar plantings and was wondering what's the best herbicide to kill woody plants growing and competing with my conifers? Also what's the best thing to plant around my conifers to help with weeds?

I have miscathus growing around my pond and have green grass growing within the miscantus. Is miscanthus still dormant now and can I spray glyphosate around it to kill grasses or will it kill the miscathus? When does miscanthus start growing and come out of dormancy?

When clearing a food plot. After you clear the trees, where should you place the trees? Should you pile them up along edge of plot? Don't want the deer to get skittish with a bunch of downed trees around plot? I was thinking of lining edge of plot with down trees and leaving opening where I want...

I am looking to create deer bedding in various spots on my property. I am trying to figure out how much room I should leave for deer bedding on ridges from where the ridge starts to drop off. I was walking the Ridgeline today trying to locate deer beds in the snow and was trying to figure out...

Does anyone know if I can spray quinclorac on switchgrass,miscanthus and sorghum screen safely to control weeds? I'm having issues with some broadleafs and foxtail and need to spray to control it.

I'm trying to figure out how to expand my food plots to maximum size by trying to figure out where I can remove trees without damaging valuable bedding habitat. Is there a method to this madness? Do deer typically avoid flat bedding areas? I've noticed through observation after snow fall that I...

Looking to hire someone to come drill switchgrass for me between now and end of May. I live south of desmoines about 20 mins.

Ive been planting these norways in the same spot of property and alot of them keep looking like this. Are they nutrient starved? Why are they looking bare up the trunk and lighter green?

I am planning on frost seeding and or having switchgrass drilled in this spring and am trying to figure out how to create burn strips between where I've planted trees and where the switchgrass and miscantus grows or is being planted? How wide do you make these and what do you seed down in these...

Anyone know where a guy can buy some silky willows? Want to plant them for a quick screen and heard they hold their leaves into fall. I checked bigrocktreees and they are out of stock.

Whats everyone's thoughts on having a habitat dinner on weekends like once a month or some way getting all like minded guys together to chat habitat stuff like a game feed. Looking for ideas or what others think.not sure where everyone lives or how close they live to Desmoines metro. I feel it...