January 2018 Blog Posts (10)
Forest-tent Caterpillars
Winter is not a season when people think about tents, except maybe to be glad they do not live in one. I do have friends who love winter camping, and the fact they have never extended an invitation is evidence of how much they value our friendship.
Oddly enough, winter is a crucial time to look for signs of forest-tent caterpillars (FTC). In spite of their name, FTC do not weave a silken tent-like nest as do the eastern-tent caterpillar and other… Continue
Added by Paul J Hetzler on January 26, 2018 at 2:19am — 4 Comments
New Online Tool Helps Producers Estimate Carbon Stored in Soil --- https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/home/?cid=STELPRDB1119532 ;---------------------- New Online Tool Helps Pr…
New Online Tool Helps Producers Estimate Carbon Stored in Soil --- https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/home/?cid=STELPRDB1119532 ;
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New Online Tool Helps Producers Estimate Carbon Stored in Soil ---…
Added by Alicia Rose on January 25, 2018 at 5:26pm — No Comments
Forest Regeneration Strategies at the Arnot
Many of you have visited Cornell's Arnot Teaching and Research Forest over the past year and noticed some big changes, namely several large regeneration harvests aimed at replacing aging stands with new ones that are as good or better as the old ones in terms of future quality and value. For those of you who won't make it back there anytime soon but are interested in following the progress, I'll provide periodic updates here.
Added by Brett Chedzoy on January 16, 2018 at 6:40pm — 29 Comments
Preventing Tree Breakage
Cradles and Cables
We are a clever lot when it comes to helping our kids settle into bed at night. Apparently, the story of how Jack broke his head fetching a pail of water, with Jill falling down the well after him, or the charming bubonic plague ditty “Ring Around the Rosie,” is supposed to calm small children. The veiled threat about abandoning an infant in a tree on a windy night always made my kids hush up. “Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop; when the wind blows, the cradle will…
ContinueAdded by Paul J Hetzler on January 14, 2018 at 8:18pm — No Comments
Chainsaws for Charity (C4C) - January 10, 2018 - Flash Mob!
We're short? How can that be? We were way ahead of schedule for this year!
With the recent cold snap, the need for firewood is relentless. The Rotary of Walworth-Ontario needed an additional eight facecords and the Canandaigua Rotary needed two more, all to help Camp Onseyawa. But.... we only had six stacked and ready to go. So, a Flash Mob was called for High Noon on January 10 to make more heat! Fortunately, thanks to Wagner Hardwoods, we have material that is ready…
ContinueAdded by Dean Faklis on January 12, 2018 at 5:28pm — No Comments
4 Things You Didn't Know About Garlic Mustard YouTube
Decline of Garlic Mustard @ 5:14
Added by Lew Ward on January 12, 2018 at 12:44am — No Comments
Timber Theft
Timber Theft
Only the crunch of gravel mars the predawn quiet as a truck, headlights off, rolls to a stop. Working quickly, professional bandits round up your unsuspecting timber. As your herd of prized trees is prodded toward the tailgate ramp, their soft mewling is barely audible amidst all the rustling…
While it does at times parallel cattle rustling, with skilled thieves whisking away a few exceptionally valuable trees in an early-morning or weekend raid, timber theft…
ContinueAdded by Paul J Hetzler on January 8, 2018 at 1:38pm — No Comments
Preventing Salt Injury to Trees and Shrubs
When road-salt spray hits twigs, buds and, in the case of evergreens, foliage, such direct contact causes yellowing of needles, and subsequent death of evergreen twigs… Continue
Added by Paul J Hetzler on January 5, 2018 at 2:35pm — No Comments
When Trees Go Over the Hill
The onset of this process varies—you probably know of families whose members frequently retain good health into their 90s and beyond, and other families where that is not the case. Of… Continue
Added by Paul J Hetzler on January 3, 2018 at 7:59pm — No Comments
Don't Let Firewood Bug You
All of us are using more heating fuel this season than in recent winters, and there is still plenty of cold weather to come. It’s bad enough that our wallets are thinner, but those who heat with wood have the additional burden of more time spent lugging in fuel. And to add insult to injury, uninvited guests occasionally show up with the wood.
Firewood, I’ve been told, comes from “trees” which seem to be covered in “bark,” under which insects can hide. As the wood we bring inside warms…
ContinueAdded by Paul J Hetzler on January 2, 2018 at 3:50pm — No Comments
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Seeking advice on controlling oriental bittersweet
Started by Kristen Whitbeck in Woodlot Management 18 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
A student in my silviculture class is seeking relayed the scenario below. If anyone has any tips or tricks I will gladly pass them along. Thanks in advance!"Oriental bittersweet is choking out my mature white pine trees and my mature apple trees.…Continue
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Are Gall's a reason to cull Hickory trees?
Started by Thomas Wilson in Forest Health. Last reply by Ron Goodger on Tuesday. 8 Replies 1 Like
I'll take a photo, but in the meantime....I have a lot of bitternut hickory and some shagbark as well. I haven't yet noticed any on the shagbark, but about half of the bitternut have gall's. They get up to about 3 inches in diameter. Some tree's…Continue
Removal of grass around seedlings in pasture
Started by Joanne Vaughn in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Peter Smallidge Mar 19. 11 Replies 0 Likes
Even after the timely discussion of "green lie" this week, I am still unsure of the best method to eliminate grassy vegetation around the pine, cedar and oak seedlings we are putting in this spring. I feel this is very important because we lost a…Continue
Saving Trees With Tree-Eating Mushrooms
Started by Lew Ward in Forest Health Feb 27. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Saving Trees With Tree-Eating MushroomsControl of Amellaria Shoe-string Rot Fungushttps://youtu.be/FPeBYnGwo4YContinue
Electric Fencing
Started by Carl DuPoldt in Agroforestry Jan 21. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Electric Deer Fence WorkshopLuke Freeman hosted a workshop at the incubator farm in Fayetteville, AR to demonstrate the use of the solar-powered electric deer fence. Luke built the fence with help from Extension specialist Kenny Simon and County…Continue
Nitrogen fixing bacteria for Alder trees
Started by Joanne Vaughn in Woodlot Management. Last reply by chris S Jan 11. 5 Replies 1 Like
I am thinking of starting some alder trees from seed for planting into an area that does not and has not hosted alders. How can I gain the nitrogen fixing bacteria for inoculation of the roots ? Continue
Beech control with triclopyr versus glyphosate
Started by Peter Smallidge in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Joanne Vaughn Nov 20, 2019. 3 Replies 0 Likes
[I'm pasting from a recent email thread]Question - I'm working on a couple beech regen and mid story control projects. I have been using Garlon 4 in oil. Works good, but sometimes I want it to move through the roots and the Garlon doesn't do…Continue
Norway Spruce stump treatment
Started by Alicia Rose in Woodlot Management Nov 4, 2019. 0 Replies 0 Likes
A urea application of a freshly cut Norway spruce stump surface. This treatment has been implemented as a management strategy to prevent the future crop and adjacent trees from Heterobasidion annosum infection. This is not common practice in Welsh…Continue
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