Have you planted the hybrid willow screens before? I need to screen a field from a road and was looking into them.-thanksPlant hybrid willow screens,
Give miscanthis screening one last try,
Put up an electric fence to protect a 3 acre plot through the summer,
Cut cedar trees in choked out areas.
Yes, I have a bunch. Simply stick a cutting in the ground with moisture and they take off. They grow extremely fast. They hold there leaves till around mid December so they make a better screen than the native willows here do. They are very branchy so they make a decent screen even after the leaves fall off. I use cuttings from my own trees so I can get a head start by planting bigger cuttings.Have you planted the hybrid willow screens before? I need to screen a field from a road and was looking into them.-thanks
Thanks for the info! You might have just made up my mind for me..you said you used cuttings..think there’s any benefit to getting larger trees for a more immediate effect? The place im looking at sells them 4-8’, 36” and 15”...with correspondingly decreasing prices. I was originally going to get 5 of the bigger ones but if they grow fast enough might be able to get more of the mid sized ones. Thanks againYes, I have a bunch. Simply stick a cutting in the ground with moisture and they take off. They grow extremely fast. They hold there leaves till around mid December so they make a better screen than the native willows here do. They are very branchy so they make a decent screen even after the leaves fall off. I use cuttings from my own trees so I can get a head start by planting bigger cuttings.
They do need protected for a couple years cause the deer love to chew on them in the summer and rub them in the fall. I planted a couple thousand small cuttings one year and the deer pulled almost every single one out of the ground. Like with most tree plantings, it's better to protect a few than plant a lot unprotected.
One last spraying of cobalt on my fruit trees to prevent scab. Then no future sprayings to see how long until scab returns.
Establish more native wildflowers in the orchard to keep improving my native bee and butterfly habitat.
Create a backstop for a rifle range using the old tires dumped here before we bought the place.
They grow real fast, a 15 inch cutting could be 8' tall the first year. I wonder if anyone here has done side by side testing of different size cuttings to see how they perform over time? That'd be the guy to ask that question to.Thanks for the info! You might have just made up my mind for me..you said you used cuttings..think there’s any benefit to getting larger trees for a more immediate effect? The place im looking at sells them 4-8’, 36” and 15”...with correspondingly decreasing prices. I was originally going to get 5 of the bigger ones but if they grow fast enough might be able to get more of the mid sized ones. Thanks again
Thanks! I might get the 3’ ones as they are kinda the happy medium. With the amount of spotlighting activity I want them to be tall and thick. Don’t really like the idea of lights and bullets heading towards my house and am planning to plant them 5 feet apart for about a 40 foot span. Thanks again.They grow real fast, a 15 inch cutting could be 8' tall the first year. I wonder if anyone here has done side by side testing of different size cuttings to see how they perform over time? That'd be the guy to ask that question to.
The nice part is you'll have an endless supply of cuttings for the future from those trees.Thanks! I might get the 3’ ones as they are kinda the happy medium. With the amount of spotlighting activity I want them to be tall and thick. Don’t really like the idea of lights and bullets heading towards my house and am planning to plant them 5 feet apart for about a 40 foot span. Thanks again.