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Post by smsmith on Nov 22, 2022 8:10:33 GMT -6
This will be the third year in a row my SWCD hasn't offered bareroot tamarack. Not sure what the deal is.
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Post by benmnwi on Nov 22, 2022 12:23:19 GMT -6
This will be the third year in a row my SWCD hasn't offered bareroot tamarack. Not sure what the deal is. If you are bored next spring and driving through the Rusk County area, I'll give you the directions to my property and you can pull all the tamarack seedlings you want free of charge. I have shooting lanes through my swamp and the stupid tamarack and black spruce won't quit sprouting there. I've pulled and planted plenty of each and they do really well. In hindsight I wish I transplanted more tamarack in my tree rows for some diversity. They grow just as fast as the pines and spruce and they look really cool in the fall.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 22, 2022 12:29:45 GMT -6
This will be the third year in a row my SWCD hasn't offered bareroot tamarack. Not sure what the deal is. If you are bored next spring and driving through the Rusk County area, I'll give you the directions to my property and you can pull all the tamarack seedlings you want free of charge. I have shooting lanes through my swamp and the stupid tamarack and black spruce won't quit sprouting there. I've pulled and planted plenty of each and they do really well. In hindsight I wish I transplanted more tamarack in my tree rows for some diversity. They grow just as fast as the pines and spruce and they look really cool in the fall. Thanks for the offer. I've got my own source of tamaracks on my west border. Darn near 20 acres of tamaracks, tag alders, sedge and cattails. Those bareroots that I used to get from the SWCD were super easy to plant with a dibble bar. Since this coming spring will be the last I plant trees by the hundreds, I'll take some time and start transplanting some of what I have here. I have noticed that some tamaracks are getting a foothold on more upland sites. I'd like to encourage more of that.
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Post by benmnwi on Nov 22, 2022 13:12:37 GMT -6
I'm surprised how fast tamaracks grow on upland sites - once established they grow faster than my red and white pines.
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Post by mnaaron on Nov 23, 2022 9:46:08 GMT -6
I'm surprised how fast tamaracks grow on upland sites - once established they grow faster than my red and white pines. They do grow fast however we lost a bunch the last few years due to the drought conditions. I personally love tamaracks because the deer love them.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 23, 2022 9:58:41 GMT -6
I'm surprised how fast tamaracks grow on upland sites - once established they grow faster than my red and white pines. They do grow fast however we lost a bunch the last few years due to the drought conditions. I personally love tamaracks because the deer love them. I've lost a large number of mature trees in my swamp too. I assume to one or more of the insects that are impacting them. There does seem to be decent re-gen of young trees, so with any luck they'll fill back in.
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Post by benmnwi on Nov 23, 2022 11:51:42 GMT -6
Most of the large tamaracks in my swamp died about 20 years ago from some type of disease or insect. There are thousands of young ones growing though, so I'm not likely to run out of them any time soon.
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TVland
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Post by TVland on Jan 10, 2023 14:33:39 GMT -6
I've planted them on my place and they are fast growers. I think the deceiving thing about them is that they can grow in the uplands as well as lowlands. The bucks do like to rub them but they seem to be pretty resistant.
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 10, 2023 14:38:08 GMT -6
I've planted them on my place and they are fast growers. I think the deceiving thing about them is that they can grow in the uplands as well as lowlands. The bucks do like to rub them but they seem to be pretty resistant. welcome!
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TVland
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Location: Cross Plains, WI Hunt: Oconto County, WI
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Post by TVland on Jan 10, 2023 14:41:41 GMT -6
Thank you Sandbur! I never knew this site existed. I was wondering where all the old familiar usernames went.
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Post by honker on Jun 17, 2023 22:52:23 GMT -6
Progress on a few tamaracs planted in 2020
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