southpaw
I react 2 B Venom
Have 10 acres that I am trying to manage the trees on and sometimes wonder what mistakes I am making as my work progresses
My goal is to save all the hard woods like red oak , black locust , ash and a few maple trees ........also there is around 25 or so black walnut trees that I have been
pruning through the years , have a couple that I harvest the nuts from when I feels like doing that labor intensive chore ....last year I just let the squirrels have them
Most of my work is taking down tall spindly white and jack pines that are either storm damaged , diseased / dead and crowding out my new growth hard woods
I'll leave most of the stumps about 2 ft high so in a few years they can be pushed or pulled over as they rot , this is on stumps up to 6" anything bigger I flush cut to the ground ,
lot of work and do my share of chain sharping but it's nice to not look or trip over stumps
My original plan was to remove all the pines on the property but that is a lot of work and now thinking that might be a mistake , do the pines actually provide a competition for the hardwoods and is there any benefit in leaving them in the mix of woods ?
Guess I am asking what is the best way to thin them out and have my hardwood tress grow better , I do thin the hardwoods also with a brush cutter so it's not just a jungle of small spindly trees & bramble.......I spend a lot of time on this and have for years now but know there are some mistakes I am making in my methods just not certain what those mistakes are though , I have sthil gas powered pole pruner and cut any limbs I can reach on those jack pines as they to me are just a nasty trees to me crowding out new growth hardwoods
Am I happy with my results after 25 years of doing this ........somewhat but know it can be better
Any comments welcome and advice appreciated in advance
My goal is to save all the hard woods like red oak , black locust , ash and a few maple trees ........also there is around 25 or so black walnut trees that I have been
pruning through the years , have a couple that I harvest the nuts from when I feels like doing that labor intensive chore ....last year I just let the squirrels have them
Most of my work is taking down tall spindly white and jack pines that are either storm damaged , diseased / dead and crowding out my new growth hard woods
I'll leave most of the stumps about 2 ft high so in a few years they can be pushed or pulled over as they rot , this is on stumps up to 6" anything bigger I flush cut to the ground ,
lot of work and do my share of chain sharping but it's nice to not look or trip over stumps
My original plan was to remove all the pines on the property but that is a lot of work and now thinking that might be a mistake , do the pines actually provide a competition for the hardwoods and is there any benefit in leaving them in the mix of woods ?
Guess I am asking what is the best way to thin them out and have my hardwood tress grow better , I do thin the hardwoods also with a brush cutter so it's not just a jungle of small spindly trees & bramble.......I spend a lot of time on this and have for years now but know there are some mistakes I am making in my methods just not certain what those mistakes are though , I have sthil gas powered pole pruner and cut any limbs I can reach on those jack pines as they to me are just a nasty trees to me crowding out new growth hardwoods
Am I happy with my results after 25 years of doing this ........somewhat but know it can be better
Any comments welcome and advice appreciated in advance