Starting a 75 acre tree planting looking for Ideas 2024

[Thinkin Rut]

Sawtooth oak?

I would lay your main foundation then come back and fill your losses with a more variety as Sawtooth, English, Pin, Burr or whatever trips your trigger.

 

[Jgamet]

Fun project! Love to hear folks adding more diversity to our landscape. Seems like every year more and more trees get torn down to create more ag income. We're slowly turning into treeless Nebraska

 

[MNDave]

Maple grows quick, hinges well, lots of seeds for wildlife, beautiful fall colors, makes good deer browse.

 

[krent12]

I just read this post after I just planted 300 white pine what conifer would you guys plant instead?

 

[Hardwood11]

I just read this post after I just planted 300 white pine what conifer would you guys plant instead?

Can you cage some of them ? If you buy welded wire and posts, you’d save a bunch. It depends on how many deer you have.

 

[Snail3496]

The white pines are a fantastic tree and I've experienced little to no browse on young ones BUT I am in a low deer number part of IL.

 

[Bassattackr]

The white pines are a fantastic tree

+1.

 

[smithhunter1975]

Is this project all planted now. I recently finished a 36 acre tree planting project. Getting plenty of good rains, hopefully they continue through the summer!

 

[Hardwood11]

It’s hard to beat this spring for planting trees !

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

It’s hard to beat this spring for planting trees !

Thank goodness!

Nothing worse than planting tons of trees and then drought.

 

[krent12]

Have any of you guys bud capping? Or the product called browse blocker?

 

[DMarley83]

Is this project all planted now. I recently finished a 36 acre tree planting project. Getting plenty of good rains, hopefully they continue through the summer!

No this one starts after this years crop comes off