catscratch
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Never hurts to ask. Might be a good deal to be had.
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catscratch
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Mine were very much cracked like the pics on the right. I had contemplated painting the ends with latex paint to help the drying process but didn't do it. I can honestly say I didn't loose much wood though. The guy with the mill had a way of cutting that minimized waste. Once it was all said and done I didn't have to trim much off the ends to get good enough boards. It looks like the AnchorSeal would have worked really well though!
On drying logs Doug, to add to the process Cat uses, I also use AnchorSeal 2 . It significantly reduces any checking on the end of the log. It is put on with a paintbrush ASAP after dropping the log. It significantly reduces/eliminates end cracking due to drying for the couple of hundred logs I've saved for personal use. Here is the link. I buy it direct from them. It stays good for years in their container.
http://uccoatings.com/retail-homepage/
Moved this picture from the coatings website.And I can attest that the pictures represents what I have experienced using it.
Just below the seal picture on their website you will see a picture using log savers. I have not used them but see the Harden Lumber Co. buyer and others put them in the veneer and number 1 logs when they are grading and purchasing my logs. I plan on purchasing some of the log savers for use on any logs I want to keep for myself in the future. The savers are for logs that already have a crack starting in them when or shortly after cutting and are used in addition to Anchorseal2.
Edit: Note that softwoods don't crack as much as hardwoods so commercially Anchorseal is used on mostly hardwoods. I want minimal checking so use it on my softwoods as well even though it is not cost effective from a business standpoint. It is used just on the end grain(it can temporarily stain the grain). Also it is a temporary coating so it just gets the log thru the initial drying process. It is used for logs and not for like coating cookies cut out of logs for example. A coating called Pentacryl is used for wood turning, cookies etc. and I have not tried that and only just heard of it. Pentacryl must be quite common--even Walmart sells it according a a google search.
catscratch
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This... is how you spend a Sunday afternoon!
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I was fortunate to have a fellow member get ahold of me with an extra Golden Hornet this morning. Got in the ground and excited to see what it does.
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Planted about 85 trees yesterday but took about 45 minutes out to look for some morel mushrooms...have not found any yet...
catscratch
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That a good session of planting!
My wife found them by using a stick to sweep away leafs in low spots in the creek. I told her that we were in a good spot but they might be too small to have pushed up through the leafs yet, so the crazy woman grabbed a stick and moved the leafs. She found the first one almost instantly.
This cloudy and rainy weather should be perfect for freshly planted trees. Hope you get a good survival rate!
I may have to try that method but I don't have a creek that holds any water...
I am hoping the 2/10's " of rain we have gotten in the past 2 weeks will help out... weather man is saying we may get some more tomorrow but I think they just flip a coin...Have a cell moving over Tahlequah right now but going to miss where our house is but Home 10 looks to be getting a drink...
Survival on the Okie seedlings here is very good...I have very few of the 500 MDC seedlings I planted last spring that survived. I think the loblolly planting was 100% failure and the Loblolly/Pitch cross had about 80% survival...Norway spruce can't live here unless you can get a hose to it and continuously water it...
j-bird
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Hey Cat - just wanted to say thanks again for the sawtooth's. Spent the weekend planting away. Most are direct seeded, some protected some not.....so we will see how that goes, and then I have about a dozen at the house still go be grown in containers.
I had some help with the planting. She thought it was cool that the acorns came from KS.
Most are planted at the edge of my existing clover plots. So they will get lots of sunlight. I like the idea of them in an orchard type situation. I did plant some in the woods, but I am not sure how well those will survive. They are in openings, but you just never know. I did flag them all that way I can find them later.....and hopefully not run over them!!! I'll try to keep tabs on them and give some updates as the year progresses.
I had some help with the planting. She thought it was cool that the acorns came from KS.
Most are planted at the edge of my existing clover plots. So they will get lots of sunlight. I like the idea of them in an orchard type situation. I did plant some in the woods, but I am not sure how well those will survive. They are in openings, but you just never know. I did flag them all that way I can find them later.....and hopefully not run over them!!! I'll try to keep tabs on them and give some updates as the year progresses.
catscratch
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Awesome J-bird. It's cool that your daughter is having fun with habitat (she looks about the same age as my boy...). I'm patiently waiting for pawpaw to germinate. I still have a bunch in the fridge that I plan to direct seed too, as well as a bunch of sawtooth that need directed seeded soon!
Glad things are going well. Good luck with the trees. Hope to do some more trading next fall!
Glad things are going well. Good luck with the trees. Hope to do some more trading next fall!
catscratch
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You have me beat on grafting (I still haven't done one).
Morel mushrooms are easy and taste great. If you find some and want confirmation post pics of them whole and cut in half length ways. They can be positively id'd easy enough. I've only gotten into the other mushrooms recently. Chanerelles, lobster, oysters, and hen of the woods are locals that I'm starting to get comfortable with. Mushrooms are fun but it's a little nerve racking the first time you try a new one that you've found.
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Thanks. Anytime I get to carve out a little time to be outside is good. Mushrooms and fish are just icing on the cake.
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j-bird
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That is my youngest and she is 13 - soon to be 14 this month (she was born 3 days before my birthday......I asked the wife if she could hold out for 3 more days.....apparently that was asking too much!) She is the one I struggled with last hunting season to get her a deer, but some of that was my fault. I'm trying to get back to the basics and build her into a hunter instead of tossing her in like I did. We will see how that goes and maybe result in a deer this year.
I have no history with growing paw-paw.....those I have where here naturally. So I have no help for you. All I do know is that mine are in bottom areas with decent soil and once they like broken shade while young and then seem to fruit better with more sunlight as they mature. The wood itself is very brittle and at least here the coons love them. I have never seen one on the ground naturally. I have to beat the coons to them while they are still green, because as soon as they ripen the coons attack them and often times snap off the limbs of the tree in their efforts.
My daughter has been telling folks we planted "Catscratch Oaks from Kansas" because apparently sawtooth is too difficult to remember. Funny what sticks in their heads and what doesn't. Most folks don't know any different either so I don't worry about it.....but as she gets older she may become convinced that that is what these are.....you may have your own oak cultivar in a small pocket in Indiana as far as she is concerned!
catscratch
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I wonder how morels handle hail...
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And have I mentioned how much my boy's like basketball?
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Lol, that's awesome! I'm going to have my own cultivar.
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j-bird
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Funny your boys where out after the hail like that - a week ago or so my youngest drug my ass outside to toss a softball! It was cold enough we could see our breath and needed a jacket! But I would rather them be outside and not have some electronic thing stuck in their face!!!!
Looks more like sleet than hail...I wonder how morels handle hail...
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