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Post by nhmountains on Jul 4, 2019 15:25:21 GMT -6
Put some flagging tape on them so you remember them next spring.
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Post by honker on Jul 6, 2019 15:58:23 GMT -6
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Post by honker on Jul 6, 2019 22:25:18 GMT -6
That one was covered in vines and buried in the middle of a hazelnut, but must have grown a couple feet the past year.
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 7, 2019 0:22:42 GMT -6
That one was covered in vines and buried in the middle of a hazelnut, but must have grown a couple feet the past year. It looks like it’s now clear of the competition so it should grow 3’ a year now for a good stretch.
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Post by buckvelvet on Jul 8, 2019 7:20:58 GMT -6
Did a quick check on Oaks... Looks like acorn crop will be good. I agree, raking the hay the other day the field edges had some oaks, the clusters of acrorns were very thick. Should be a good year for that crop in West Michigan.
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Post by smallchunk on Jul 8, 2019 21:25:56 GMT -6
Good crop of them in EC MN too!
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Post by honker on Aug 18, 2019 7:30:19 GMT -6
I came across a super shrub yesterday. Hazelnut with dogwood, plum, and an oak tree growing out of it. The plum had fruit this year.
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Post by chummer16 on Aug 18, 2019 13:14:42 GMT -6
I have a few white swamp oaks that are now over 10’. They were 24” seedlings from MDC about 6 years ago. I couldn’t be happier with their growth. They have actually out paced the apples I planted the same year.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 18, 2019 14:27:12 GMT -6
I came across a super shrub yesterday. Hazelnut with dogwood, plum, and an oak tree growing out of it. The plum had fruit this year. I like finding pockets of dense good like that. I mark them and go back in with the saw or silky later on and liberate them even more. I spend a great deal of time looking at every single stem and plant in spots to understand what I've got out there.
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Post by honker on Aug 18, 2019 15:09:35 GMT -6
I came across a super shrub yesterday. Hazelnut with dogwood, plum, and an oak tree growing out of it. The plum had fruit this year. I like finding pockets of dense good like that. I mark them and go back in with the saw or silky later on and liberate them even more. I spend a great deal of time looking at every single stem and plant in spots to understand what I've got out there. Same here. Glad I let this old pasture area go when I bought it rather then bush hogging it all. Pretty cool seeing what all comes up. I’m finding hazel to be the ultimate nurse shrub at my place. In this case would you keep all four species and just lower the stem count of the hazel to free up space or fully release the oak and plum?
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 18, 2019 15:16:02 GMT -6
I like finding pockets of dense good like that. I mark them and go back in with the saw or silky later on and liberate them even more. I spend a great deal of time looking at every single stem and plant in spots to understand what I've got out there. Same here. Glad I let this old pasture area go when I bought it rather then bush hogging it all. Pretty cool seeing what all comes up. I’m finding hazel to be the ultimate nurse shrub at my place. In this case would you keep all four species and just lower the stem count of the hazel to free up space or fully release the oak and plum? If they're yielding ok all clustered together, I'd leave them all. If not, I'd take out whatever you have the most of elsewhere. I don't know enough about hazel to understand how it would respond to being cut back. I haven't tried it yet myself. Would the deer keep it down? Would it die? Would it yield better? I don't know. I've had great luck abusing the piss out of arrowwood viburnum. The one I cut back completely to waist height early winter (couple years back) is the only one that is producing fruit now.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 1, 2019 15:24:47 GMT -6
This is a planted Bur Oak that is producing acorns... I am guessing 12 years old??
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 2, 2019 7:38:21 GMT -6
As the old saying goes the best time time plant a tree was 10 years ago. The next best time is today. Our land was cut heavily in 2004-5. Since last year I’m seeing more and more younger oaks starting to produce nuts. I wish I’d had more time to release them sooner but, had other projects. I think for people that want to set it and forget it find clumps of hazelnut/other bush plants and plant acorns in them. The bushes should protect them until they get above browse line. I’m seeing hundreds of 15’+ oaks now all over my property. In 5 years it should be really good when they start to produce.
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Post by honker on Sept 2, 2019 14:20:16 GMT -6
I have no shortage of oak reseeding naturally. Need to get more active in tubing or caging some of the better ones. Otherwise they tend to turn into oak shrubs. I have noticed that as the rest of my habitat has improved the oaks are putting on better growth.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 2, 2019 18:45:51 GMT -6
I have no shortage of oak reseeding naturally. Need to get more active in tubing or caging some of the better ones. Otherwise they tend to turn into oak shrubs. I have noticed that as the rest of my habitat has improved the oaks are putting on better growth. Wet years have given me better oak growth.
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