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Post by wklman on Dec 12, 2017 15:41:56 GMT -6
Everybody needs a break once in awhile.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 12, 2017 17:44:18 GMT -6
Are we doing tribute songs to get Stu back?
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 12, 2017 18:11:02 GMT -6
Our habitat and fruit trees sections are dead without him. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 12, 2017 18:12:26 GMT -6
Somebody text him, get him back. It wasn't really much of a spat...
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 12, 2017 18:12:42 GMT -6
500 black spurce and 200 norways on the way from Itasca in 6a. What kind of root gel should I get? If any If you are planting in wet soils, I say skip the gel. |
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Post by badbrad on Dec 12, 2017 18:19:28 GMT -6
Somebody text him, get him back. It wasn't really much of a spat... Stu told me off line he will be back at some point. |
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Post by terrifictom on Dec 12, 2017 18:34:25 GMT -6
Brad as long as you are logging Balsam will grow well. When I bought my property it had been select cut the year before. The natural growth of balsam since 2004 is amazing. Lot of the 1 to 2 foot balsams are now 10 to 15 feet. I never planted any of them and the deer use them for bedding year round. Also if you have some really wet areas I would give Tamarac a try, even though they lose their needles they grow thick and deer use them for bedding.
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Post by terrifictom on Dec 12, 2017 18:46:36 GMT -6
Here are a few pics of deer coming and going into a little tamarac swamp on my property.
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 12, 2017 19:37:13 GMT -6
Somebody text him, get him back. It wasn't really much of a spat... I must have missed something, are guys mad at each other? |
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Post by badbrad on Dec 13, 2017 7:55:32 GMT -6
Do they bed in there in the middle of winter and there is 3' of snow? That would be the goal of this. So keeping the needles and providing a wind break and limit the snow depth is going to be important I think. I can make summer and fall bedding with a chainsaw. But I want to keep them here rear round. |
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Post by terrifictom on Dec 13, 2017 8:17:46 GMT -6
Do they bed in there in the middle of winter and there is 3' of snow? That would be the goal of this. So keeping the needles and providing a wind break and limit the snow depth is going to be important I think. I can make summer and fall bedding with a chainsaw. But I want to keep them here rear round. Yes they do Brad at least the last time I walked thru there in the middle of winter. It has been a few years since I walked thru it. I don't worry so much about deer staying all winter especially if there are lots of deer, as they will really do a number on your natural browse. You don't want your woods looking like Bullwinkle's or Nofo's. lol |
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Post by terrifictom on Dec 13, 2017 8:34:03 GMT -6
This picture is from February.  |
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Post by badbrad on Dec 13, 2017 9:16:59 GMT -6
I wonder if I should consider not getting the norways and get tameracks instead. Keep 500 blacks and get 200 tameracks .
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Post by terrifictom on Dec 13, 2017 9:35:55 GMT -6
If you notice in the picture that the balsam are growing on outer edge and humps in Tamarac. If it would be me I would get Tamarac, balsam and black spruce. I would plant the Tamarac in the wetter areas, the balsam on high spots in amongst the Tamarac and surround the whole thing with the black spruce. By your pictures I see that balsam grow good by you, black spruce is an unknown.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 13, 2017 9:51:27 GMT -6
Black Hills Spruce is a great tree, for edges, near water.
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