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I have some land in northeast Georgia that borders a large tract of public land. This summer, southern pine beetles moved in from this WMA and killed off a couple acres of 16yr old pine plantation. I can’t get loggers to come in to do anything due to low pulp prices. So this winter I’m going...

question, I’ve heard people using different media for storing (cold stratifying) their seeds. Seems like most guys use moist paper towel and some guys use damp peat moss. This is my third year doing this but I had great success first two years. I’ve just been storing the nuts in bags of soil...

I picked up about a dozen Allegheny Chinkapin seeds the other day and am going to plant next spring. I have some isolated American Chestunt trees that were planted in pairs but one died off. Will the AC naturally pollinate an American Chestnut? I could not find this info anywhere online. I did...

A family tradition of ours is making “fall bread” each September. All the primary ingredients of this bread comes from our yard. Even the eggs (actually our next door neighbors are our egg source) The chestnuts are falling heavily in front yard, the persimmons in the back. The blueberries we...

gatherered first handful this afternoon and looking up, I see they are about to be pouring any day. I’ve got two big trees in yard that were planted in the early 1950s. One always starts dropping around Sept 1st and is done by 15th. The other always starts around Sept 15th and is done by Oct...

Update: Hope I didn’t screw anyone here, after I purchased I got a bad feeling and looked deeper into this website. It appears to be a scam. Sorry. Original Post: Never heard of website before but an 18lb bag of WI clover was only $85.50 with promo code. free shipping and no tax, If outside...

I ordered 10 catalpa trees to plant at the house for future fishing bait providers. But really only need about half of them. So I was thinking about planting the other few around my food plots for turkeys. Maybe one on bank of duck pond for the ducks and fish. I’ve never heard of anyone doing...

ok so two years in a row I’ve tried growing American persimmon seeds in pots with zero success. I collected a couple dozen seeds last fall, cleaned them and stored in moist moss in fridge over winter. I transferred them to 2 gallon grow bags full of potting mix in March. No seeds germinated as...

i know this forum is food plots for wildlife but I’m actually seeking advice of what to plant around my house building site. I figured there was more knowledge here than anywhere else. Our house is under construction and I am finishing up the back filling and grading now. I’m looking for...

I collected female American persimmon scions earlier this month. I’ve read where you want to wait until late March to graft onto the growing persimmon trees. With all this warm recent weather and rains, would I be ok to graft now? I’m going down to hunting land tomorrow and wasn’t sure if it...

Had several areas areas cleared recently and wanted to get some green on them asap. I frost seeded annual ryegrass and medium red clover a week ago. Since then we have had a ton of rain and very warm temps. Forcast for the next week is more of the same. I know it is early still and we are...

has anyone in the south ever tried starting muscadines from seed? I gathered probably 100 little seeds back in September, washed them, bagged them with some moist moss and have in a couple bags in refrigerator with all my other tree seeds. I was going to experiment with them this spring by...

Thought I'd share this photo of one of my B3F3 American Chestnuts. I direct seeded several in March, this one has performed the best. That is a 5' shelter tube so this tree grew 6.5' in 5 months. Pretty amazing! Hope to have nuts from these trees in about 5-6 more years.

Located in north Ga. can someone identify?

Over the next few years my American Chestnut trees will be bearing nuts. My plans are to clear a 20 acre tract that is currently in 20yr old loblolly pines and plant a large chestnut orchard. So in 10 or so years, that orchard could be producing thousand of lbs of nuts a year. I'm assuming...

I hear a lot of talk about Dunstan Chestnut trees which are a American/Chinese Chestnut hybrid. I'm curious if anyone knows what percentage of each type a Dunstan is made of???

I planted a little over two acres in cowpeas, sunn hemp, buckwheat and alyce clover mixture. I've planted all those before except alyce clover. Can someone tell me what the tall plant is in this picture that looks like corn? It doesn't look anything like any of what I thought those 4 plants look...

Here in north Georgia we arent known for big healthy deer but get a load of this giant doe! Or is this a buck that never grew antlers? Ive got several pictures of this deer since last winter. He/she never stays around for more than a couple days and then disappears for weeks or months. Id say...

This winter I was given seven B3 F3 American chestnuts that had been cold stratified and had radicles emerging. These are the 15/16ths American chestnuts that are highly blight resistant. In February I planted two of the nuts in my yard and placed 5' tree shelter tubes over them. The other 5 I...