very cool to watch, I have been thinking of having this done. If you dont mind me asking what did the Georgia forestry charge to come out there? I know everywhere is probably different, just curious.
Hey Joey. Sorry I’m just getting to this, have been busy with a new job. The Ga forestry were great to work with and the cost wasn’t bad at I’ll I don’t think. If memory serves right, I’d say it was less than $700 for them to help cut the fire lanes (you can do yours) and have two crews out tending the fire with me for two days. Well worth it for my first time burning my land. Next time I can do the fire breaks myself and that was about half the cost.
Most of the stand you showed in the fire will show little to no improvement in wildlife value after that burn. The area you showed while talking to the forestry guy will. What’s the difference you ask. It’s the sunlight to the ground. The stand was thinned correctly in that area and no enough removed from the rest of your stand. Fuel moisture was high or so it looked when you first started burning then fell out later in the as intensity picked up. Thanks for sharing. Getting repeated, hotter fires in there will eventually help with your hardwoods. Have way too many gum trees and trash oaks to improve habitat yet. Get in there with a skidded and spray those hardwood trees. YES if you have a pocket of post oaks, Turkey foot oaks , white or red oak you can save them but trash the rest water Oaks willow oaks all the gum trees. You can burn that same stand this spring and help it that Much more. Once needle drop happens again it will carry about fire with lower humidity. Wish it were as easy as everyone says. Get fire on the ground it will take care of things. Yes but have to manipulate that fire intensity. You used the safest slowest least effective(pertaining to controlling anti undesirable plants/trees) application of fire in this stand but you are making the first steps. Congrats, we want to see more. You mentioned wiregrass, if you have it July burns are about the only way to make them propagate themselves. Otherwise you just end off with oldgrowth stands of wiregrass with no recruitment. Thanks again.
Hey thanks for all of the insight. I do plan to do a warm season burn, likely next summer. As you say, it’s a process for sure. I bumped two covey of quail last week which was great to see. We really didn’t see any prior to the thinning and burn. Many more steps along the way but I’m very much enjoying the process. Have a great day.
Well done! The AFTER looks great! Our place could really benefit from a burn. It's quite intimidating, though.
Thank you. It’s intimidating for sure. Your forestry office I’m sure would help.
Would be really interesting to see a time lapse of the area as it grows back
Good suggestion. I’ll see about making that happen. Thanks.
Looking forward to the results! Pretty intimidating task.
Yeah it’ll get your nerves going lighting that first section. Thanks!!
very cool to watch, I have been thinking of having this done. If you dont mind me asking what did the Georgia forestry charge to come out there? I know everywhere is probably different, just curious.
Hey Joey. Sorry I’m just getting to this, have been busy with a new job. The Ga forestry were great to work with and the cost wasn’t bad at I’ll I don’t think. If memory serves right, I’d say it was less than $700 for them to help cut the fire lanes (you can do yours) and have two crews out tending the fire with me for two days. Well worth it for my first time burning my land. Next time I can do the fire breaks myself and that was about half the cost.
Most of the stand you showed in the fire will show little to no improvement in wildlife value after that burn.
The area you showed while talking to the forestry guy will.
What’s the difference you ask.
It’s the sunlight to the ground. The stand was thinned correctly in that area and no enough removed from the rest of your stand.
Fuel moisture was high or so it looked when you first started burning then fell out later in the as intensity picked up. Thanks for sharing.
Getting repeated, hotter fires in there will eventually help with your hardwoods. Have way too many gum trees and trash oaks to improve habitat yet.
Get in there with a skidded and spray those hardwood trees. YES if you have a pocket of post oaks, Turkey foot oaks , white or red oak you can save them but trash the rest water Oaks willow oaks all the gum trees.
You can burn that same stand this spring and help it that
Much more. Once needle drop happens again it will carry about fire with lower humidity.
Wish it were as easy as everyone says. Get fire on the ground it will take care of things. Yes but have to manipulate that fire intensity. You used the safest slowest least effective(pertaining to controlling anti undesirable plants/trees) application of fire in this stand but you are making the first steps. Congrats, we want to see more.
You mentioned wiregrass, if you have it July burns are about the only way to make them propagate themselves. Otherwise you just end off with oldgrowth stands of wiregrass with no recruitment.
Thanks again.
Hey thanks for all of the insight. I do plan to do a warm season burn, likely next summer. As you say, it’s a process for sure. I bumped two covey of quail last week which was great to see. We really didn’t see any prior to the thinning and burn.
Many more steps along the way but I’m very much enjoying the process.
Have a great day.