mmatthes90
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Ok so I searched the website and couldn't find a post specifically about burning. So I thought I'd just ask what questions I had and see what type of response I get.
Basically this is the first weekend we'll be able to get down and burn on the property, One of the guys is heading down friday afternoon to prep with a buddy of ours thats a DNR agent... We have burned before, but my questions will hit on a variety of things....
1.) Will it be ok after burning to do a light disk and lightly sow some clover and maybe oats in? This will be in an area that was old hay ground, that has no identifiable natives in(other that a few rogue switchgrass clumps)
2.) Timber Burns are new to me, so any special recommedations for timber burns? this will be small and basically run east to west on a north facing. I don't know how well it'll burn with the rain the forecast tomorrow.
3.) Also thinking about burning areas that are currently overgrown in an assortment of grasses for our new foodplots, mainly fall greens and winter foodplots, considering planting clover in these areas until ready to plant the fall/winter mix. Will this cause some negative effects later on?
Basically this property is in desperate need of as much food as it can hold and we're hoping by giving the deer other options they won't hit our corn/bean foodplots are hard early so they can mature for late season hunting. Always looking for advice and ideas, and info on these topics would be greatly appreciated....
On a side note, I know its a little late, but the forester recently walked the property and we have some problem areas we were also going to attack this weekend. have two bottles of Tardon and plan on girdling the bigger trees, do I just girdle and dump the tardon on, was there anything more specific for application? Thanks again guys
Basically this is the first weekend we'll be able to get down and burn on the property, One of the guys is heading down friday afternoon to prep with a buddy of ours thats a DNR agent... We have burned before, but my questions will hit on a variety of things....
1.) Will it be ok after burning to do a light disk and lightly sow some clover and maybe oats in? This will be in an area that was old hay ground, that has no identifiable natives in(other that a few rogue switchgrass clumps)
2.) Timber Burns are new to me, so any special recommedations for timber burns? this will be small and basically run east to west on a north facing. I don't know how well it'll burn with the rain the forecast tomorrow.
3.) Also thinking about burning areas that are currently overgrown in an assortment of grasses for our new foodplots, mainly fall greens and winter foodplots, considering planting clover in these areas until ready to plant the fall/winter mix. Will this cause some negative effects later on?
Basically this property is in desperate need of as much food as it can hold and we're hoping by giving the deer other options they won't hit our corn/bean foodplots are hard early so they can mature for late season hunting. Always looking for advice and ideas, and info on these topics would be greatly appreciated....
On a side note, I know its a little late, but the forester recently walked the property and we have some problem areas we were also going to attack this weekend. have two bottles of Tardon and plan on girdling the bigger trees, do I just girdle and dump the tardon on, was there anything more specific for application? Thanks again guys