Don B
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My kind of place! Great trophy buck!
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The Brushpile
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My kind of place! Great trophy buck!
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farmhunter
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always appreciate your posts - really interested in those burr oaks - we have no native oaks on ours -
I'm not sure that the Big Bur Oaks will grow in New York? I know they don't grow in IA, just North of MO. The Bur Oaks in IA produce normal size acorns, which makes me think that the bigger acorns require a longer growing season. However, Morse Nursery in Michigan advertised them, so evidently they grow in Michigan???
Black Elderberry in black plastic grows like a weed. This is 1st year growth from an Elderberry cutting. Elderberry is thicket forming and becomes a large bush. Deer browse Elderberry, and the berries make juice that are said to have medicinal benefits.
Elderberry is among the easiest bushes to grow from cuttings. Elderberry needs to be protected during it's establishment year, but once it's established it can be mowed and it will come back from the roots. Elderberry is commonly found in wildlife nurseries.
Elderberry is among the easiest bushes to grow from cuttings. Elderberry needs to be protected during it's establishment year, but once it's established it can be mowed and it will come back from the roots. Elderberry is commonly found in wildlife nurseries.
Elderberry grows throughout Whitetail range.
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=sanic4
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=sanic4
Elderberry health claims. No wonder deer browse Elderberry!
http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-elderberry.html
Mrs. Brushpile makes Elderberry Juice for home use, but it's also commercially available.
https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i:aps,k:elderberry concentrate
http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-elderberry.html
Mrs. Brushpile makes Elderberry Juice for home use, but it's also commercially available.
https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i:aps,k:elderberry concentrate
Merle Hawggard
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Brushpile, just to add on the bur oaks toughness, two years ago when we made our order we bought persimmon trees for a friend and I mistakenly put our bur oaks in the bag with his persimmons. They sat on my son's porch in a black garbage bag three weeks before I decided I plant them on my place even though I doubted any would make it.
That's when I discovered my oaks. Still doubting any would make it I planted them using Dr Robert Morris's method of cutting the top and the taproot back till it resembled a turnip.
Practically every oak made it, but no persimmon. I put them on a ridge top with no water except what God provided that summer as well.
That's when I discovered my oaks. Still doubting any would make it I planted them using Dr Robert Morris's method of cutting the top and the taproot back till it resembled a turnip.
Practically every oak made it, but no persimmon. I put them on a ridge top with no water except what God provided that summer as well.
I looked on Google Maps to see where your properties are located, and it appears that Chinkapin growth range includes your properties. Chinkapin Oak grows above the flood plain. I recommend planting in a moisture retaining weed mat with tubes, since OK and TX can get dry. After the establishment year your seedlings should be drought tolerant, but they will probably need supplemental watering the establishment year.
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/quercus/muehlenbergii.htm
Chinkapin Oak drop in September, prior to bow season in my location, but drop later further North. Acorns of the same species have varying drop times, but Chinkapin will be the first to drop acorns.
Thanks Triple C. My neighbors said the catfish tasted good. BTW, that's a White Catfish, which was stocked in a reservoir in my water shed, and made it up the river. White catfish normally inhabit brackish water along the Atlantic Coast.
Merle, I'm amazed that Bur Oaks still made big acorns during drought!
I've always planted the entire root, but will have to check Dr. Morris's method out. Young Bur Oaks sleep, creep and leap, so you should see rapid growth next Spring.
kansas-Andres
Active Member
Yes, they grow in Michigan. Bur Oaks are more common in lower ( southern ) Michigan.
Enjoying your thread......
Kansas-Andres, does Michigan have the Bur Oaks that produce big acorns, or does it have Bur Oaks but they produce ordinary acorns?
kansas-Andres
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Great question. I have 4 Bur Oaks on my recently purchased southern Michigan property. I'll let you know what I observe this year.
Chokeberry. One advantage of planting bushes is that soft mast and cover happens fast! This young Chokeberry is already loaded with edible berries. Like Elderberry, Chokeberry is also processed and sold as for it's health benefits. Chokeberry is preferred browse, and would grow well on a food plot border or used in edge feathering.
http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/chokeberry.html
Chokeberry is a small shrub growing 3-6 feet tall and prefers moist areas, though this one has survived drought.
http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/chokeberry.html
Chokeberry is a small shrub growing 3-6 feet tall and prefers moist areas, though this one has survived drought.
This is Gum Bumelia (GB), also called Wooly Buckthorn, Chittamwood, and several other common names. GB it a small tree often appearing as a large bush. GB is dioecious, like Persimmon, the plant is either male or female. BG grows in open areas and has very low water requirements. GB has thorns and is excellent deer cover on dry slopes, fence lines, and other dry/open areas.
