Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Jourdain Jun 9, 2016. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Not sure if this is happening in NY, but questions have been raised in Mass. about what is happening with the white pine this year. Attached is the link sent to us by the UMASS Extension Forester…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Peter Smallidge Jul 20, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Pete-I just read your link from March about triclopyr and beech. I am going to look at the research using 'diluted' Garlon 4. I have been using Garlon 4 as a cut stump treatment for beech…Continue
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Posted on June 11, 2013 at 12:56pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Pete posted a link the other day about planting oaks. Here's another interesting one involving old trees. I came across this article on growing spruce for 'Stradivarius Trees-searching for perfect musical wood" In the May Agroforestry News. Here's the link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22094279
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:54pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
This in from Purdue about walnuts and climate change. While maybe not a big deal for Western Mass it may be a bigger deal for those of you in walnut country in NY and PA.
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/111128JacobsWalnut.html
Started by Ben T. in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Patrik Schumann yesterday. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hi Everyone,I’ve been wondering what tree species are going to thrive over the next 50+ years as the climate warms in New York and I’m curious if folks are enhancing plantings of particular tree species for future commercial harvest with warmer and…Continue
Started by Carl Albers in Woodlot Management Dec 31, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Picture of a hemlock with rust colored bark. When I cut a nearby tree, also with rust colored bark, it was infested with HWA. Attached picture shows a Logrite ATV arch in use.Continue
Started by Carl Albers in Woodlot Management Dec 31, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
The hemlocks in my woodlots have been infested with hemlock wooley adelgid (HWA) for at least three years now. Lately I've noticed some of them having a rust colored bark and I wonder if this is normal and that I just didn't notice it previously? …Continue
Started by Peter Smallidge in Woodlot Management Nov 28, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
I had a question about control of mature white pine and hemlock to improve sunlight for enrichment planting of hardwoods. Following is my response, but I would like to know if anyone else has any experiences to share with control of these to…Continue
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Aug 8, 2023. 0 Replies 1 Like
This Spring we had an opportunity to speak with writer John Litvaitis about the big picture of deer impacts on the hardwood forests of the Northeast. I posted the original story from the summer edition of Northern Woodlands to the…Continue
Started by Jeff Joseph in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jeff Joseph May 5, 2023. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Question: In Peter Smallidge's most recent "Ask a Professional" column for NYFOA's Forest Owner magazine he stated that some log buyers will reject ash that shows outward signs of "blonding" on the bark. Is this because the wood will change…Continue
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management May 2, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/policy/042823/the-american-chestnutInteresting discussion the difference between efforts with the American Chestnut and other…Continue
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Apr 20, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
In early March I was invited to present on the opportunities for growing black locust as a timber cash crop at the Rural Landowner Conference in Allegany County. Ryan Trapani from the Catskill Forest Owners Association asked afterwards if I would…Continue
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