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Post by thetrooper on Dec 29, 2021 9:32:55 GMT -6
South facing could be bedding too. As you can see in pics… Here is 2014
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 29, 2021 9:38:58 GMT -6
Very nice.. what had been your best oak so far ?
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Post by thetrooper on Dec 29, 2021 9:42:07 GMT -6
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Post by thetrooper on Dec 29, 2021 9:50:19 GMT -6
Very nice.. what had been your best oak so far ? I did water oak, willow oak, pin oak, white oak, chestnut oak. The water and pin oaks were by far the fastest growing and most aggressive. I have also put in lots of tulip polar, Chinese chestnuts, pears, apples, a couple sawtooth oaks, and several hybrid oaks. The last picture sets are from 2019 so the whole lot has another 2 years of growth I dont really have many pictures of them though. It's almost too dense of an area at this point I can get a good field of view shot unless I was to gain elevation to take a photo out of a tree or something. The field is 20 acres and was in cool season grass like hay. The grass hung in there until around 7-8years in and has since been completely overrun by woody regrowth shrubs briars and goldenrod. You could get thus effect much quicker if you just nuked the grass year 1 but I didnt really know any betterback then. It resembled an oak savanna for a few years but unless you set back with fire the native weeds and tree seedlings and shrubs will completley fill you out...which is what I wanted. Here is an aerial shot of a small section 2021 in winter. I have a spiderweb of trails cut through for access and to keep ground open for future tree plantings. Trails are kept in clover
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 29, 2021 13:10:50 GMT -6
We cannot grow trees that fast in MN. You can change the habitat in a hurry where you are!
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Post by thetrooper on Dec 29, 2021 13:28:16 GMT -6
We cannot grow trees that fast in MN. You can change the habitat in a hurry where you are! I really babied them the first 2-3 years making sure the herbicide took out weedy competition made a big difference. Idk if you can grow tulip poplar in MN but they have a phenomenal growth rate. The one picture with me standing shirtless next to the tree in summer is a tulip poplar. That tree at time of photo was only 8 years old. Transplanted as a 12" bareroot. That tree is on the bigger side than most other tulips but a good specimen. It is actually bearing flowers along with some of its other companions and from what I read they dont usually flower until 20. Will be nice to have young tulip poplars sprouting from seed the deer love to browse them. I have also done a few op-367 hybrid poplars that are that same size and only 6 years old grown from uprooted cuttings but they overall preformed poorly compared to the tulip poplar. The hybrids are also disease prone and short lived the tulip polar is a very long lived tree and native to the region I'm in check them out man good way to fill in canopy quickly but also with quality
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Post by Reagan on Dec 29, 2021 18:57:30 GMT -6
I have some big tulip poplar and plenty of natural seedlings. I don’t see any browse activity. Maybe I need to look closer.
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Post by thetrooper on Dec 30, 2021 9:23:02 GMT -6
I have some big tulip poplar and plenty of natural seedlings. I don’t see any browse activity. Maybe I need to look closer. I cant keep them in 4ft tubes they stay that height from browse. Same with the hybrid poplars. Both those species are rub magnets here too. That soft thin skinned bark when they're young is like a homing beacon for bucks
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