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It says on page 2 of the Iowa state seedling catalog that the trees/shrubs must be planted "upon the described Iowa property..." so a non resident could not buy them and plant them in their home state. quote:"Chokecherry, RL, AP and FS look like great choices, the prices seem pretty good too...

dbltree, I have problems similar to your moldy acorns when keeping apple seeds in the fridge if they are too moist. What I found to work best is just storing the seeds in a plastic bag or container in the fridge without any potting soil or peat moss, nothing but the seeds. First I let the seeds...

quote: "Last night my good friend and myself went out to fill a few late muzzy doe tags. I shot a big doe and he shot a yearling doe. When we skinned them out the little doe that he shot had a very little amount of fat on it while the doe I shot had a thick layer of fat." When you say...

dbltree, what is the latest time of year that you have seen switchgrass frost seeded and gotten a good germination and stand?

Does anyone know how the bushnell trophy cam compares to the scout guard? One thing I wonder is the sensor on the bushnell "bulges" out and is rounded, much like the sensors on the stealthcams. I thought I read somewhere that this helps the camera catch picture of moving animal better because...

dbltree I know you said deer seem to like every kind of alfalfa that you plant, but out of all the different varieties of alfalfa that you've planted over the years, have you noticed any varieties that deer prefer more than others? I know it might be hard for you to tell because deer in your...

dbltree, in the brassica thread you wrote: "I use Alta-Swede Mammoth Red Clover because it is inexpensive and deer hammer the stuff! It's a one cut red clover so it doesn't need a lot of clipping all summer and will last 2-3 years although I plant it to plow down so 1-2 years is about all I let...

quote: "Also the area I have it planted in floods every spring from the snow runoff. I probably should wait till after that? I suppose that close to spring it wouldn't benifit anyways??" Last spring, before I knew about frost seeding, I tilled our soil (big no-no) and planted our CIR SG around...

Below are some closer up pictures of some of our 11 year old white spruce that you could see in a previous posting. From a distance they don't look like they provide much cover, but when you stand amongst them you can only see about 25 to 30 yards in most places. You can also see some of the...

If my pictures for this post aren't up yet, please check back later. I'm hoping dbltree can post them for me. Thanks dbltree! Our first year switchgrass was very thick and at least 5 feet tall until we got a heavy snow on December 9. Now about half of the grass is laying down under the snow. I...

For years I've read and heard about persimmon fruits being an awesome attractant to deer, as well as turkey and pheasants. I never really thought much about planting them until now, choosing to plant apple trees instead. It seems like persimmons would be an excellent tree to plant, especially...

BIGJEEPMAN, what species of trees are mainly growing in the area that you are clearcutting? If it was my place here in WI, I would just let nature take it's course and don't do anything after you clear cut the woods. Within 2 or 3 years, the brush and saplings that sprout plus the shoots that...

Thanks guys. So what would you recommend? Thin the stands to leave individual trees spaced out with open areas between or leave patches of about 5 trees with open areas between the patches? quote: "A north facing slope of cedars is like an ice box in the wintertime and I would cut most of them...

Thanks dbltre, that's what I was thinking too. No matter how much deer like a certain food plot, they still instinctively eat a large portion of natural food sources in their daily diet. Between all our food plots, at a minimum we always have corn, rape, oats, and alfalfa. Plus we have...

dbltree and letemgrow (or anyone else who has experience with this, please add your thoughts), I have a question for you at the end of this, but first I need to explaing our situation: The spruce in the previous picture are about 11 years old and mostly 12-15 feet tall and the deer travel and...

Here is a quote, supposedly from Dr. James Kroll. What do you all think of this? Is there anything to worry about here? Seems like it might just be a scare tactic that buck forage oats is using as advertising so they get more people to buy their product instead of brassicas. "In recent...

quote: "If deer eat your red cedars they are something different then the ones that grow here! I wonder if even a starving deer would eat that nasty stuff!" Nope, same tree dbltree, unless there's something different about the species in your area, but in your pictures they look exactly the...

quote: "With all the tree/shrub area you already have planted, I think I would still plant switch in that field. :)" Thanks DT, I will put CIR SG in there. Quote: "Any chance you could plant corn down the center of that field and switch all the way around it? That would be awesome if...

It's been almost two weeks since that heavy snow and we've had a few days around 30 to 33 degrees but no really warm days. That CIR hasn't stood back up anymore yet. If it was going to stand back up would it be up by now or does it need to get warmer and really melt a lot of it? There is still a...

Earlier it was mentioned that the leaves of persimmon seedlings are poisonous so deer usually don't eat them. Does that change as the tree matures or do deer usually never browse them even when the trees are older? Also, do rabbits and mice chew or girdle persimmons like apple trees or oaks...