ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
I did some timber stand improvement work over the winter...taking out invasive species and removing all Red maple under 12" DBH (for the purpose of favoring oak).
For the maples, the following methods were used (with Garlon 4 Ultra in basal oil being the herbicide of choice except in wetland areas where there was water (well, ice when we were working) - we used Garlon 3 in water):
Girdled some trees (double girdled, treated in the cuts)
Basal bark sprayed smaller diameter trees (quit doing that when I saw how much chemical that too, and didn't save much time over felling those small trees)
Hack and squirt a few
Fell and treat the stump.
Was back in the stand on Friday.
*Girdled trees - to look in the canopy, they are happy as can be - on their way to being full leafed out. I'm not worried about those, they are dead...just not convinced of it yet. Some have fallen...training a new helper and he was getting deep on those cuts, not a big deal, still dead.
*Basal bark - most started to leaf out, but the leaves are looking wilted.
*Hack and squirt - actually look worse than the girdled trees.
*Felled trees - obviously the top is dead and the question is how well did the stump kill work....or wait, is the the case? You may have seen buds swelling a little after a tree has been felled - living on the sugars and water already in the trunk. But check this out - completely separated from the stump:
Yeah...those are SEEDS. The leaves are right on par for where they should be in northern Ohio - not wilting, just not fully formed yet. A trunk entirely separate from the roots went to seed!
(solution to the "riddle: The butt is in standing water - probably hasn't seen air all spring as we've been very wet)
For the maples, the following methods were used (with Garlon 4 Ultra in basal oil being the herbicide of choice except in wetland areas where there was water (well, ice when we were working) - we used Garlon 3 in water):
Girdled some trees (double girdled, treated in the cuts)
Basal bark sprayed smaller diameter trees (quit doing that when I saw how much chemical that too, and didn't save much time over felling those small trees)
Hack and squirt a few
Fell and treat the stump.
Was back in the stand on Friday.
*Girdled trees - to look in the canopy, they are happy as can be - on their way to being full leafed out. I'm not worried about those, they are dead...just not convinced of it yet. Some have fallen...training a new helper and he was getting deep on those cuts, not a big deal, still dead.
*Basal bark - most started to leaf out, but the leaves are looking wilted.
*Hack and squirt - actually look worse than the girdled trees.
*Felled trees - obviously the top is dead and the question is how well did the stump kill work....or wait, is the the case? You may have seen buds swelling a little after a tree has been felled - living on the sugars and water already in the trunk. But check this out - completely separated from the stump:
Yeah...those are SEEDS. The leaves are right on par for where they should be in northern Ohio - not wilting, just not fully formed yet. A trunk entirely separate from the roots went to seed!
(solution to the "riddle: The butt is in standing water - probably hasn't seen air all spring as we've been very wet)
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