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Ostrya Virginiana, Garlon 4, and Basal Bark spraying...
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Brand new to this group and I can see I'm going to learn alot! I'm not a professional--just a landowner trying to get smart and manage 275 acres for the long-haul. Location is SW Wisconsin (Hillsboro). Land was pastured heavily till 30 years ago and no abuse since--but no management either. So now I find an excellent crop of Ironwood......uh, I mean Ostrya Virginiana....so I guess I could call it Hornbeam, too :-) . We do have some Carpinus Caroliniana (musclewood) too, but not that big of a problem. (I think I'll keep it for "species diversity" :-) ). I've spent many days mechanically cutting Ostrya and will still probably do much more of that. However, I dropped hundreds of $ on 2.5 gallons each of Garlon 3A and Garlon 4. I will use little spray bottles of the Garlon 3A mixed w/ water to spray the cut-stumps of Ostrya when I do that work. However, right now I'm working my way through the Garlon 4 and this leads to my question...... I've searched the web and found references to 2% (some), 5% (most), and up to 25% mixes (a few) of Garlon 4 in diesel fuel for general basal bark spraying. At about a dollar an ounce, I've gone with the 5% mix of Garlon 4 in diesel fuel. At one week, the trees are showing no stress. But I'm not really that impatient :-). What are your thoughts on stiffness of mix versus successful kill of Ostrya? Will I probably see good effect in a month or two? Any other thoughts of which this newbie should be aware? Once the 2.5 gallons are gone, I will probably return to mechanical removal. This land was "high graded" for MANY years and has lots of mature and over-mature trees of poor or deformed form. Composition is mostly Maple and Oak with lots of Shagbark and Bitternut Hickory, and Lots of White Ash. All the Butternut is almost gone do to that blight that effects them. Anyways, I look forward to your thoughts. If you reply to me directly, cut the "name" (before the @) of my email address in half. -- Bruce Richardson - W9FZ He's upstairs helping Porcelain make the bed. --FST |
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