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Honestly I would not put the wet paper towel in them. It has always created mold for me and really doesn't help anything. I just throw mine in a ziplock with 5 pin holes in it and if any sign of mold shows up I will add a little shredded cedar mulch to the bag (handful) and all is well. Do about...

I think a lot of depends on if you are planting bare root trees, root pruned trees, fertilized, watered, soil, etc. In poorer soil areas my root pruned trees have flat out left the bare root trees in the dust with all things equal. I believe it's mainly due to a root pruned tree having the...

Use Missouri Department of Conservation. Dirt cheap and high quality.

Just got mine a few weeks ago from Nations. I went the extendable route which allows you to gain tons of leverage up high on the tree which means more wood left connecting when it falls. Good product and makes hinge cutting a one man show that is actually safe. I pushed over a good 50 trees in a...

I have done it both ways and as dogdoc said survival is the biggest advantage of a tube on a persimmons. I did a little grove (25 trees) of them at 8ft apart as I plan on thinning to the better trees as we go. What I can tell you is if you will feed them with chicken poop or something like it an...

You bet! I have a few set ups, but we will discuss my largest. My largest set up is geared for 14 rm18 trays. My shop was built with a rather large restroom/work area that is well insulated and had a work bench built into it. I used this work bench as part of my structural support. The growing...

I was looking for an excellent mix that anyone could make and adjust based on their needs. I found an American Chestnut growing site that gave a mix of perlite, vermiculite, and peat moss is equal parts. It is by far the best mix I have ever tried. It easily dries out in two days and does not...

If you're not 6 months behind on every project and working like a crackhead to get it done whats the point? I know your feeling and you just learn to live with it if you want to plant trees by the hundreds and do other habitat work. It drives me nuts and there is no time to stop, however what...

The cheapest place I have found if you just want trays is am Leonard. I can order a case cheaper than I can order and ship half of it anywhere else. They always have discount codes and free shipping codes. http://www.amleo.com/rootmaker-propagation-trays-case-of-25/p/VP-RMPT/

Alligare Fluridone will kill it dead in its tracks and not harm a fish. My pond was covered and I treated it twice this summer and it stayed clear. You really want to treat the pond before the onset though so that it never happens in the first place. The chemical I mentioned is designed to...

I put up 3/4 of a mile of electric fence and have been extremely happy with it. I have big valleys and so on but electric fence doesn't have to be perfect so don't over think it. If you do not want to be fixing fence constantly I have some simple advice. The first obstacle is finding a corner or...

Is this a BurEnglish? I did not get a chance to take a picture of the tree or the leaves. I can tell you the leaves look like a bur with a slight variance to them. The acorn has a cap like a bur, but is slightly less hairy. The shape of the acorn is unlike any Bur I have ever seen. The acorn on...

For the first time I have 3 rm18 trays in my nut fridge containing dco's that were started for a couple of weeks and then put to sleep. I have around 300 acorns in ziplocks for spring growing in January. Keeping the 18's moist has turned the fridge into a humidity pit. My acorn filled ziplock...

Throw them in the fridge until spring, they will be fine. Most white oaks pop in storage by nature. They will go to sleep or slow way down once stored at 34 degrees.

I had the same issue and plan to build a substantial fence this winter. I bought a chunk from a family and their cattle were all over the place. I quickly had a dozer come in and put up a large hotwire fence. I only had to do a mile of fence which I did in one day so it was not that big of a...

If the tree had any on it starting to ripen they should be just fine. I actually prefer to pick them off of the tree instead of off of the ground. No bug issues and fewer mold issues which is a win win for me. Store the green ones in a ziplock for a few days and see if they start to ripen in the...

You can start white oak now if you would like in rm 18's and let them go dormant. However I usually hold mine in cold storage until around January and then start them in rm 18's under lights. To make it clear I do not start anything in one gallon bags, they go to gallon bags after being started...

I stored bur acorns until spring last yr and field planted them in spring. They were all tubed and never had any supplemental water all summer. They are all around a foot tall which is much shorter than the same acorns grown in rootmakers. The field planted trees spent all of their energy...

Red cedar will burn anytime unless it is wet. I had a dozer pile giant piles and burned them the same week before any new growth had a chance. They are full of oil and once they heat up they will only leave ashes behind. I know it's terrible for the environment but a tire soaked in diesel is the...

AM Leonard is def the cheapest if you are doing any volume at all. You can usually find free shipping codes too.