May 2019 Blog Posts (5)
Perennial Pet Peeves
When you think about it, landscape trees have a rough life. Firstly they don’t get to choose their neighborhood, whether good, bad or indifferent. Depending where they are planted, they may need to contend with helpful watering by territorial dogs, materials-testing by energetic kids, entanglements with errant kites, or other issues.
Rooted in one spot day in and day out, year after year, they suffer from – well, boredom, I imagine. And from restricted root… Continue
Added by Paul J Hetzler on May 28, 2019 at 7:51pm — No Comments
Developing an Understanding of Carbon Sequestration
Grown in Britain support for Committee on Climate Change Report
"The report recommends:
• Afforestation of around 30,000 hectares per year (increasing woodland cover from the current 13% of UK land area to 17%), combining this with an increase in active woodland management, increases the net forestry…
ContinueAdded by Lew Ward on May 26, 2019 at 10:18am — No Comments
Firewood 4 Charity
NYFOA's WFL chapter F4C initiative received a nice load of split and debarked ash from Wagner Hardwood this week. Volunteer watch your e-mails for the dates and times of upcoming workdays.
Added by Dave Keebler on May 18, 2019 at 3:48pm — No Comments
Helping Trees Recover from Flooding
Most Things in Moderation
As a teenager, my son had a saying, whether original or borrowed I don’t know (the saying, that is), which went something like “All things in moderation. Especially moderation.” It would seem Mother Nature took that to heart, and dispensed with moderate rainfall and snow melt this spring. If not her, then maybe it was Creepy Uncle Climate Change. At any rate, the resultant flooding has been heartbreaking to observe.
While I am of course sensitive to…
ContinueAdded by Paul J Hetzler on May 6, 2019 at 1:20pm — No Comments
A New Silent Spring: Where Are the Turkeys?
A New Silent Spring: Where Are the Turkeys?
"That habitat is declining, including on our national forests. The acreage of timber harvested on federal land has fallen dramatically in the last 30 years, thanks mostly to environmentalists. The mere mention of cutting a tree in a national forest is often met with a lawsuit, even though timber harvest ultimately results in outstanding wildlife habitat. Even private landowners are cutting fewer trees.
Those that do often replace…
ContinueAdded by Lew Ward on May 6, 2019 at 8:47am — 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
Tags: bittersweet, Oriental
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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