deep woods goat hunter
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Got 720 red cedar plugs from Chief River Nursery in today. I was expecting a much larger box but they pack them in there well. Looking forward to planting these tmrw and likely thinning them in 30yrs! Haha
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Can you send a link to these?
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LoessHillsArcher
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This one is for goat man, this is an example of what some of your sawtooth acorns look like now! 
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Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Guessing Bur Oak, possibly White Oak
LoessHillsArcher
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These trees are just in my yard but some great lessons to be learned with them. This was my first time doing maples, sugar maples to be exact. They grow like a weed and they’ve been in the ground three years now and this will be year four. I’ve had some die back on some of them each year and I think I figured out why. These trees send up so many sprouts from the side of their main trunk the tube was filling with green growth and not hardening off before winter like it should. Thus portions of the trees were dying each winter. I’ve never had this be a big issue in any oaks I’ve planted but maples were a different story. I ended up cutting open all my tubes and cleaning out old leaves and trimming any growth in the tubes. Should’ve solved that issue. It’s always something when it comes to using tree tubes but they’re still the best option IMO for growing trees!
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These trees are just in my yard but some great lessons to be learned with them. This was my first time doing maples, sugar maples to be exact. They grow like a weed and they’ve been in the ground three years now and this will be year four. I’ve had some die back on some of them each year and I think I figured out why. These trees send up so many sprouts from the side of their main trunk the tube was filling with green growth and now hardening odd before winter like it should. Thus portions of the trees were dying each winter. I’ve never had this be a big issue in any oaks I’ve planted but maples were a different story. I ended up cutting open all my tubes and cleaning out old leaves and trimming any growth in the tubes. Should’ve solved that issue. It’s always something when it comes to using tree tubes but they’re still the best option IMO for growing trees!
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Looking good! Nice straight rows... wont be long before you can string out some suction tube and start a maple syrup operation.
LoessHillsArcher
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For sure! I’m looking forward to squirrel hunting over those acorn and hickory nuts with the kids some day! Maybe even get some of those dang deer that love to tear up the trees in the fall.
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LoessHillsArcher
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Mix of miracle pro tubes from Mike Hamilton out of Robins IA or the blue protex ones, the miracle tubes are way better IMO, cost more but worth it
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LoessHillsArcher
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Don’t do it, haha. Get five foot tubes and get the miracle pro tubes from Mike. Worth every penny!
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letemgrow
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This site with the serviceberry, chestnut, chinquapin, and dcos also grows northern red oaks extremely well. This tree was an acorn 10 years ago and is pushing 15’ tall already.
The soil here looks/smells rich and even after a 3” rain, water never sits in any holes I’ve dug to check drainage.
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The soil here looks/smells rich and even after a 3” rain, water never sits in any holes I’ve dug to check drainage.
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