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Post by Bwoods11 on May 21, 2021 8:42:45 GMT -6
^^^not a great year to plant 375 here or to help the neighbor plant 400+ either Is any of that in wet area? That might help ? I planted a few spruce on wetland edges, they should be ok.
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Post by nhmountains on May 21, 2021 9:16:10 GMT -6
I planted 75 bare root oaks yesterday and the soil was dry. Really dry the top 3”. I doubt many will make it but figured they needed to be planted. I couldn’t wait any longer and didn’t want to care for them this summer. We got .01” of rain last night according to Farmlogs. More due this weekend. I’ll believe it when it happens.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 2, 2021 19:21:21 GMT -6
The only survivors I have are Cedar, a few spruce and 2 apple trees. Bad year for tree plantings!
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 3, 2021 4:41:22 GMT -6
I may lose 2-3 apple trees that were planted in 2014. Two of them had been doing fine, but suffered during this dry summer. I find all three have damage that looks like sun scald, under the window screen. It appears on all sides of the tree, including the north, so I am thinking winter damage and not sun scald.
All are from SLN and on antanovka. Perhaps they just didn’t harden off in the fall, but growth and bark above the window screen looks good in 2/3.
So far, might 20 or so apple tree plantings from this spring have survived. I have hauled over 1200 gallons of water in the last 3 days.
I guess this is my retirement project.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 3, 2021 7:06:05 GMT -6
I won't know for sure how my evergreen plantings did until winter/spring I suppose. I'm betting that I've lost nearly 100% of this year's and a good percentage of the few that had survived last year. I've lost one apple tree that was planted 3 years ago, but it is alive below the graft. I don't think that's due to the drought, probably graft union failure or a borer.
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Post by honker on Aug 7, 2021 19:43:04 GMT -6
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 7, 2021 20:30:23 GMT -6
I checked in on one of the small clear cuts today and I was pumped to see the handful of Black Spruce I dropped in there still alive and kicking. I thought for sure this year's plugs would have been a total loss. Hopefully they aren't the only ones. My past experience with planting clear cuts, or plugs in the timber has been pretty good, even on dry years. Less sun, wind, soil seems to hold moisture better overall!
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 8, 2021 5:31:52 GMT -6
I checked in on one of the small clear cuts today and I was pumped to see the handful of Black Spruce I dropped in there still alive and kicking. I thought for sure this year's plugs would have been a total loss. Hopefully they aren't the only ones. That is going to be a hotspot for years. You will probably need to release those spruce 2-3 times in the next 15 years. It will be a natural foodplot and then switch over to a bedding area.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 19, 2021 12:57:22 GMT -6
With it being so dry this year, I'm a bit gun shy to order and plant more next year. Unless rains return soon and we have a wetter than normal fall, the soil will be bone dry next spring.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 27, 2021 9:35:10 GMT -6
Despite the dry year my Red Cedar screen is 100% so far. Tough tree!
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Post by biglakebass on Aug 27, 2021 15:13:38 GMT -6
My experience too.
I did 100 plugs 5 years ago in crap gravel dirt. I dont think I have lost more than a few.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Sept 1, 2021 18:21:05 GMT -6
Our spruce trees I planted 10 years ago are loaded with pine cones in this drought. Never seen this many on spruce before. Does the drought have anything to do with it or just the tree maturing?
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Post by kooch on Sept 1, 2021 18:23:44 GMT -6
The Red Splendor in my back yard has more little tiny crabs on it than I can remember.
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Post by Freeborn on Sept 1, 2021 19:56:22 GMT -6
Our spruce trees I planted 10 years ago are loaded with pine cones in this drought. Never seen this many on spruce before. Does the drought have anything to do with it or just the tree maturing? My place is the same, my Spruce have a ton of cones on them. My guess is the drought has triggered them to reproduce. Seems odd, my Spruce look great but everything else looks terrible.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Sept 1, 2021 19:57:59 GMT -6
Our spruce trees I planted 10 years ago are loaded with pine cones in this drought. Never seen this many on spruce before. Does the drought have anything to do with it or just the tree maturing? My place is the same, my Spruce have a ton of cones on them. My guess is the drought has triggered them to reproduce. Seems odd, my Spruce look great but everything else looks terrible. My spruce look great but my apple trees look like shit this year. It’s Embarrassing.
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