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Turkeys keep eating the seeds out of my throw/mow plot. 1 week after planting the thatch looks like it was rototilled. 2 weeks, and the field is almost totally barren. The only new sprouts are where I spilled the seed bag. When I started doing t&m, the professional farmer landowners said...

I have the Fimco LG-3025 boomless sprayer with handwand. 3 nozzles. Older model, but the calibration charts in the manual are the same as current. I didn't like it much on the 400 cc atv. 4wd ATV was always hard to steer and maintain constant speed, and tank made it very tippy, I strapped...

Hey, howdy. I'm in my second season on this throw&mow patch, with soil tests from 1 yr ago and this year. The potash / potassium / K number came right up to a good range, but I still need more phosphorus / P. I'm concerned that if I do 19-19-19 again, I'll get too high on the K. Back before...

as mentioned above, stopped along the interstate to get some wal-mart stuff and they still have the CHO Dunstans. 11 of'm. They're down to half price, which is still over $17. I'm thinking of offering the manager a bundle price to see what he'll do. But, I keep telling myself I need to spend...

I need to put out 2-1/4 tons lime initial dose on a new food plot, all spread by hand. The local fertilizer dealer recommended Cal-Turf. It costs 4x as much, but the use rate is 1/4 of their pelletized lime, so overall cost is very close. Works much faster; pH starts changing in a couple...

Good morning. Writing here from Virginia, where we are finally getting a little rain. I usually get my soil sample boxes from the Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension. Little square boxes with 2 choices of submittal forms. https://www.soiltest.vt.edu/fees-and-forms.html has the forms and...

I am planting AC for the first time. Reasons for use are quick to bear for an old man, lower quality soil, and browse/cover in addition to nuts. Planting location is 30 minute drive + 10 minute hike from my house, so I usually use tubes to conserve moisture (and protect from deer browse and...

Due to an unfortunate change in family rules, I need to remove a chinese chestnut. It was from Edward Fort Nurseries, May 2013, currently 30' tall, 3.5" dbh, beautiful upright form with central leader. Planted on a steep hillside of loose dark dirt with lots of small stones. Close to a...

I'm not really building something, but this is equipment related. Looking at snowshoes to take on Montana excursions. The MSR Denali Ascent looks like good features and good availability used, but a couple reviews described it as noisy. One person said it 'slaps on every step'. That would be...

Browsing the internet while browsing my mini-wheats, and found this paper on stem girdling roots. I know that most of the folk here are already aware of this issue, but with the growing interest in planting trees for habitat there are also some of us making mistakes...

The beavers are back at one of my hunting spots. I have a variety of tubed trees planted the past couple years. chestnut, oak, fruit, persimmon. Should I put wire fence outside the tube? Not only is that more work, but if I die before getting back there, the wire will girdle the tree. It...

Sept 2014 I put 2 Wal-Mart/CHO Dunstan chestnuts in a broad low flat. Excellent dirt, about 6 hrs direct sun. 2015 was disappointing, but this year they really grew, in height and caliper. Both have been droopy from the start, and after this good growing year the leaning is worse. Note in...