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I drilled some Switch this year and had varying results. The ground was beans last year and I disced and packed it before drilling with my Van Brundt 7 row drill. I had the depth as shallow as I could go and left the furrows open afterwards and let rain cover the seed. 2 of my plantings popped...

I use a push mower and roundup!

University of Arkansas extension has a few good videos online that explain what they recommend. I went with 21" for the outside wire, 4' gap, then 24" and 36" for the inside wires...all hot. My wire heights are actually a little higher then what they recommend. It went hot this weekend around my...

I don't have to worry about it getting shaded out and dying?

Will early bloom of weeds (mainly broadleafs) kill off switch that is just popping up? I want to spray, but heard 2-4D can harm young switch and also prevent germination for 2-3 weeks? I'm working with an area that was drilled bare dirt. It was drilled a month ago. In some spots, I can see early...

Rich guys like Robert Kiyosaki are buying up large tracts of forests so that they can sell carbon credits to businesses that will need them in the future. I plan on selling the credits to my 96. Good thing I just planted 1700 cedar trees!

If cereal rye is mowed before it heads out, will it keep growing back?

University of Nebraska has a good video on establishing switch grass for biofuel harvest. They give info on planting and herbicide recommendations. I had CIR seed from Pheasants Forever drilled last June. We didn't do anything to the seed accept open the bag and dump it into the drill. It was...

Converting 3 acres of fairly steep pasture. 4 of us put 725 in on Sunday and 2 of us put in the remaining 275 on Monday. Moisture shouldn't be a problem for a while after the 2" of rain we had on Saturday...the ground was plenty wet!

I just got done planting 1000 bare root Cedars last weekend and have 600 more to go in this weekend. I sprayed 4' Roundup strips over the sod in the pasture that we are planting. Can Oust be used in the near future for newly transplanted seedlings without harming them...if needed? Mixing rate?

What is a good rate for liquid Quinclorac?

It was Pheasants Forever Cave In Rock seed drilled June 17. It was probably 10-12” in places when I mowed.

What should the plan be for switch that was drilled mid last June? About 75% of it had a good stand, but seemed to be set back after the 2nd mowing due to lack of rain. It was also sprayed in problem areas with Quinclorac to knock back the foxtail. I'm thinking about taking my Brundt drill out...

I purchased 100 acres 13 months ago and there were farms to choose from in the general area I was looking. A global pandemic hit and our economy came to a screetching halt....and then the rec land market went bonkers. I don't see prices getting better until the number of hunters drops, but you...

Wasn't part of your question about spacing and using cedars? Just pay attention to what you see next time you drive down an interstate. Along I-80 in Iowa, the state uses several different styles of plantings between private and government land that are usually a combination of cedars, shrubs...

The question is, what kind of death loss should one expect with a planting on a clay hillside?

I defer to the district forester on how many trees are to be planted per acre. If you want them to help with cost, you have to follow their plan. I'm converting an old pasture that has some pretty good hills that is surrounded by a new planting of switch grass. Right now, the acres have zero...

I'm wondering if the plan takes into consideration death loss. I can always go in and thin out some areas, or transplant after a year or two to another area of the farm if everything is living.

I am working with the Iowa Soil and Water Conservation to convert 3 acres of hilly pasture back to trees with wildlife (esp deer) in mind. I wanted to do Red Cedar. The plan the district forester came up with is rows 10' apart with the trees planted 7' apart in the row (600 trees/acre).

His femur isn't broken. The bump sticking out on his back is the wing of his pelvis, more than likely. The bulk of his problem will be comming from the infected/broken joint above his foot effectively making him 3-legged. Since it is his back leg, running, jumping, etc is going to be very difficult.