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You might want something grassy that handles grazing pressure. And of course in TX, something drought tolerant. Since pigweed is more toxic ith nitrgoen, perhaps growing them in nitrogen fixing legumes isn't ideal. With grasses, you can use 2,4D. Purdue had a good read on pigweed control...

The time savings is what I hope to get. Seems I spend all my time working up there. Was up there last demeber hunting, seems it was the 1st times in years I just wandered the woods. My project s basically making a woods seeder / firminator. I might make a 2nd one from the left over seed...

A bit on the late side to be getting apple trees. Some places still have some. Zone 5, almost any tree can be planted. Looking for winter food, or to draw attraction to your spot at a particular time of year. Most cider apples work pretty good. Other common ones are galarina, enterprise...

Got some time to work on my seed drill. Taking the parts out of the shed and moving them into the garage today. Would like to hear some stories or see some pics of how your food plotting has changed before and after.

Dantana, both my saturn peaches from stark have peach leaf curl. Sometimes called peach blister. Doing some reading into what fungicides are good for it. Once they have it for the year, not much you can do until next winter / early spring. You find a good article or fungicide to treat them...

Sandbur, You got another one hooked. For some, renting to AG is a really good way to put some attraction and feed in as well. IF they let you put some clover or rye late in the growing season a few weeks before harvest, the that is about as good as it gets. Putting trailman at home. found a...

Any update on this thormac? Starting to be a good time to spray clethodim. Might be spraying it today at my home trees.

It seems most of us are having a bad caterpillar year. Every good article I read mentions dormant oil spraying. I had 2 dolgo's I dug up and transplanted to root maker pots sometime in march. The critters were on the trees in the winter as eggs. Had them inside and stuff's eating them...

CrazyED, Do you have cedars around? I planted a pristine last year, and this year it's got orange spots all over the leaves. It's about 20 yards from a thicket of red cedars I can't cut down. They got lots of orange octopus blobs on them this year. I have not sprayed them for copper yet...

So.......... When's opening day. Actually I planted (2) 30-06 and a kerr in one spot, and blue pearmain and enterprise in another spot. The 30-06 / kerr will be bow only season, too many gun season trespassers in that lot. Got a little spot for my trailer in the smaller 80 acre parcel...

Gangs of NY meme beats a johnny dangerously one.

Solo is great for small seeds, sucks for anything large or any amendments. Buy both the solo and the earthway bag. If You had to buy 1, just get the earthway. Mix small seed with some pelletized lime or fertilizer or grains. Get a good face mask if using pelleltized lime. Fertilizer is...

sanbur, I hunted many cornfields. Thats the best lookin one so far. You can spray copper fungicide on your cedars. Virtually all of my new tree are low to no cedar apple rust. Exception being a golden delicious, mcintosh, and droptine. I haven't sprayed my cedars this year and may not...

You got a pretty good cluster ofleaves up top, you can clip those low ones Pinching is kind of like weedacking You cut it clean, it grows back. When you pinch it the fibers are more damaged preventing resprouting. Just be careful not to rip off any cambrium on the main stem themsevles. If...

Poorsand, since your doing so many trees, do some rootstock work. Just let a few of each kind go on their own, see which is doing better. I am doing a b118 vs anty vs dolgo at camp. 3 of each. Might be only 2 dolgo. Got a few at risk log landings that might be wrecked by loggers. So the 3...