Your Guide to Timber Stand Improvement | Land Management Series Part 3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In the third installment of our Land Management Series, we dive into the essentials of Timber Stand Improvement (TSI). Learn practical techniques to enhance forest health, increase biodiversity, and improve wildlife habitat.
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Another testimony on predator management, forest disturbance, and fire. Our turkeys are coming back! Jump on board everyone!
Another great video, Grant! Keep hammering on forest stand improvement. You know, and I know, the deer and the turkey population will approve.
Great info
Preach!
Bingo !
Grant, what herbicide do tou use for the hack and squirt or girdling method. I used Remedy mixed at the recommended rate but had absolutely no affect on several small trees. Love your videos! Thank you for educating us!
Which herbicide to use depends on the species to control. I good mix for many hardwood species is 50% Garlon3A, 40% water, and 10% Arsenal AC>
@@GrowingDeerTV Thank you. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks for another great educational video, Grant! I'm going to be implementing hack-and-squirt (and girdling/spray in the winter) on my properties. I've been working with my local NRCS folks, and it's been a great experience. They are saying exactly what you have been saying for many years regarding FSI. I do have one question...when you mix a blue dye into the 'Harper cocktail', I'm assuming it's a water-based dye? In what order do you put the dye in, or does it not matter? Thank you for all you and your team do, Grant!
I use a dye made for herbicides and I add it last.
Do you have a video discussing safety of timber cutting versus safety of leaving dead standing timber? Do you self-limit the size of trees you cut down or terminate and leaving standing?
i remember a video he talks about cutting down a living tree that’s super heavy and when it comes down it’s destructive to the good trees and dangerous. once it’s dead the small branches fall first, then the larger ones and eventually the rest of the tree in years to come but everything weighs almost nothing.
@@dylanhalseth1755 Thanks for the reply. I'm not a big fan of dead standing timber, but I can see it being relatively safer.
I don't have a video on that subject. Felling trees is certainly more dangerous than leaving then standing. I don't use a limit of size for trees to leave standing. Most woodlots have a few large dead trees standing from lightning strikes, disease, etc.
Thanks for the video Grant! Quick question for your team. We are getting hit with the Emerald Ash Borer here in Wisconsin. About 60% of our woods is ash and has died, or is dieing, doing a great job of naturally clearing the woods. As we take these trees out would you recommend using a herbicide on it as well? I'm just not sure if it will rebound and shoot out sprouts from the stump once cut down like hardwood do. Thanks!
Tyler - I'm not seeing any sprouts from ash trees there that the Emerald Ash Borer impacted.
Turning the woods into a savanna I understand during the growing season. But what about during late fall/winter dormancy when the 0-4' is deposited or laid over by snow? Is there enough cover to offer security?
Doug - that depends on the species present. In addition, not all of the property has to be a savanna.
Grant What mapping land app do you use? Another great video
Depends =- we use both HuntStand, Onx, and Google Maps.
What kind of squirt bottles do you get? Tried 2 different kinds both leaked
We got these a stuffmart (big box stores). I simply purchase and test.
A variety of Habitat management techniques is key for all wildlife.
I’ve got thousands of gum trees in my thinned rows of loblolly pines and don’t have the best equipment to manage them
The least expensive and best way to terminate gums in a pine stand is by spraying it with a chopper or drone. This often costs about $115 per acre or so, pending on the total acres to be treated, etc.
So if i do all this what is the percentage of deer and turkey go up by?
Danny - there are way too many variables for me to guess including the acreage, current populations, etc.
You'll see an increase in activity of approximately 29.963 percent! 😉
@@showmetheheartland funny lol
Seems like the problem started when man thought he had a better plan than the MASTERS plan!!!
Always - from Even on.
I feel like part 3 is a recap of part 1 and part 2
After the tree has been hacked and squirted, do you leave the dead tree in place? Or can you eventually drop it and remove it? Use it for firewood? 🤷♂️
The tree can be dropped, but most Timber Stand Improvement project have more firewood that locals will use.
is your blend effective on mesquite?
I lot of folks use a mixture of triclopyr (Remedy) and clopyralid (Reclaim) to terminate mesquite. Some use a newer product called Sendero. Read the labels!
Why not Garlon 4?
I think Garlon 4 is what they use in basal spraying applications. Someone might need to correct me here
Garlon 3A is water soluble and mixes better.