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Post by Sandbur on Dec 2, 2019 7:21:26 GMT -6
Rows, blocks, random? I think I’m going to plant 100 this year. Art will agree. If you have a travel area you want them to follow in the future plant a row of them. It doesn’t need to be a tight planting either. He’s done it on his property. After leaf fall, deer wil follow a row through the hardwoods. If you leave a gap-in the row , the deer will often pause before stepping to the next tree.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 2, 2019 11:24:39 GMT -6
Art will agree. If you have a travel area you want them to follow in the future plant a row of them. It doesn’t need to be a tight planting either. He’s done it on his property. After leaf fall, deer wil follow a row through the hardwoods. If you leave a gap-in the row , the deer will often pause before stepping to the next tree. They'll follow a row through mixed conifers/hardwoods too. At least they will if the row is different than the natives growing. I stumbled on that bit of knowledge accidentally on my folks' old place. I planted lines of white spruce along the only elevation change that existed on their old place. Bucks followed that line of white spruce quite often.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 5, 2019 10:19:24 GMT -6
I will add some Norway Spruce to the mix in OTC. Feel like I missed out a bit on these, leaning more toward Black Hills Spruce. Sounds like they take off a little faster.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 5, 2019 10:45:47 GMT -6
I've been avoiding Black Hills spruce since planting what I thought was BHS back in '14. I ordered them from NCR and planted them as an intended screen along one orchard. Those trees are the slowest growing trees I've ever planted. The tallest now is maybe 18". I have decided they must have been mislabeled and are actually blue spruce. That is the only answer I can come up with anyway.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 21, 2019 13:07:08 GMT -6
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 22, 2019 21:08:29 GMT -6
Bag any roosters?
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 22, 2019 21:59:32 GMT -6
No I didn’t! Tough go for some reason.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 17, 2020 11:49:08 GMT -6
A 5 row tree screen or shelterbelt can be a magnet in the center of the property . Took a pic this weekend. Deer were traveling through here all winter.
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Post by benmnwi on Mar 17, 2020 12:01:06 GMT -6
that's a great looking tree row. It won't be long before the tree rows touch and shade out that grass in the center.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 18, 2020 9:27:15 GMT -6
If I were to do it over, I would go 10-12 row right down the middle of my farm, with mostly Spruce and Cedar. Combo of bedding and travel. I would not enter that area, and set up stands and plots accordingly.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jun 24, 2020 11:55:27 GMT -6
We did a 5+ row tree screen by the road on my west 80 I bought in 2019...failure. Most of the spruce died due to drought and deer plucking the plugs out. Might have to go large bare root or plugs, or cage everything...maybe a combo of that. Anyone have any advice, on alternatives, or another strategy?
I might cut it to 3 rows, and have Red Oak (take chances on acorns) as the third row (in tubes)...this is mainly a visual screen.
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 24, 2020 12:00:14 GMT -6
If no apple trees are in the area or planned for there, I would look at red cedar and maybe jack pine.. if it is drought prone.
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Post by wklman on Jun 24, 2020 14:55:31 GMT -6
Hate to see you do extra work but I'd get the biggest bare root trees you can and plant them. Seems like the bigger the tree I plant, the better off it does. Smaller trees need a lot more attention the first few years and seem to die off a lot easier.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jun 25, 2020 8:50:24 GMT -6
Hate to see you do extra work but I'd get the biggest bare root trees you can and plant them. Seems like the bigger the tree I plant, the better off it does. Smaller trees need a lot more attention the first few years and seem to die off a lot easier. Maybe a fall planting might work here?
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 25, 2020 11:04:19 GMT -6
The MN DNR nursery sells larger sized bare root seedlings that are a pretty good deal. I've had excellent luck with them regardless of soil type or weather. The smaller bare root trees they sell are pretty good as well, but their root systems are smaller and they aren't quite as strong.
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