Recent content by almanac12

Hey Everyone, The sale of these are on hold. A local buyer committed to buy them all. Thanks for your interest.

Which kid do you want? Tubex combitubes are nice. Miracle Tubes are cheaper, but are made from recycled milk jugs. They are a bit out of round and harder to push into the ground. If you don't mind that, call Tree Pro direct. Tubes are a quick way to protect trees from deer and rabbits, but they...

North Central Reforestation in MN sells bare root and containerized oaks. They have bur oak that come from Central / Western Minnesota that is near the same latitude as the UP and is in a similar USDA zone. Bur oak are supposed to be the generalists of all the oaks. I have read that they're...

The tubes are located in southeastern Wisconsin.

I planted red maple, hackberry, yellow birch, and bur oak in a poorly drained spot on my property. The Bur oak were 2" - 4" plugs. With the record setting rains, the bur oaks by far did the best. They had far better survival than the red maple, which are supposed to be swamp trees, and were...

What I have read is that all 3 need a soil pH below 7.0. Much of my property is poorly drained bottomland. In my lowest wettest spots, soil pH 6.4 - 6.8, muck soil, swamp white oak has amazed me. I have a bottomland spot that's a little better drained, but not well drained. Soils are clayey, pH...

What's the best way to contact you? Phone? Email? PM? PM sent.

How far north do you collect seed for your Chinkapin and White Oaks?

Week of 10/2/17 On hold for a local buyer who committed to buy them all. Selling approximately 200 tree tubes. All are 5 feet tall. Mesh covers available at no charge. Used for only about 5 months. Some are Tubex combitubes, some are Tubex standard, and some are Tree Pro Miracle Tubes. My...

I will have northern red oak acorns available. Maybe 100 - 150 or so. These are from really nice red oaks in the front yard, never had disease issues, all about 25 years old. All are 20 - 25' tall. Located in zone 5a, near the 43rd parallel, on well drained silt loam over sand/gravel, soils high...

These are great articles which leads to some questions. One conclusion is that "Bigger is Better". However, I have read that starting from seed or planting younger stock has advantages since the roots go through less shock. So, if we want the biggest trees 8 - 10 years in the future, should we...

This is good advice. Thanks!

Some people have reported weak, spindly trunks due to lack of swaying in the breeze. See this thread: http://deerhunterforum.com/index.php?threads/leaning-chestnut-tree.2861/ What are your thoughts to get the trees to develop proper trunks?

Saturated, water-logged soil. I'm not observing any other patterns with the mortality I'm seeing. I think I screwed up and sprayed gly when the site was too wet. I will likely need to replant 40-50% of what I planted this year. I won't be spraying with gly - I'll have to hand weed by scalping...

Those trees look amazing. I wish I had growth like that!