Recent content by nwmn

Yep, I have loads of oaks in my yard that get full sun and produced an incredible crop last year but this year is just spotty overall in our area. I'll be releasing trees hopefuly this winter via aspen harvest and looking to cut down some oaks as well that are leaners and taking up space and...

I have found one large open canopy grown bur oak that has a lot of small acorns. I had to scalp all the stuff growing underneath it to make collection easier. I think having more diversity in oak species would bode well for years where our bur oak acorns don't produce. I dont have a source...

Makes me happy knowing I'm not alone in acorn scouting lol!!

I'm willing to travel to collect if there are reports of abundance within reason from NW MN. I know people on here know what I'm looking for, vs the people that reply on facebook groups. They see acorns in their driveway and will tell you they have a bunch, when in reality it's a below average...

Yes, I creepily drove through a park called 'oakland park' and didnt see any in the canopy. Drove down streets that usually are prolific nut bearers but haven't been able to locate any. I did find one giant tree right on the woods edge that has tons of acorns (relative to current years'...

WOW! That's a monster! Sure, I'll take a few off your hands if you don't have a use for them. Feel free to Pm me and we can figure something out!

Bur oak is the predominant subspecies here, I have seen northern red oak about 20 miles south of us. White oak hybrids are ideal for their vigor and less susceptible to disease according to my forester... or even pin oak/northern red oak would be good.

Well - I have a project of roughly 6 acres I planned to direct seed acorns to create a savannah style area and a riparian buffer. I have been out collecting but my local bur oak produced a ton last year but barely any this year. I'm looking for some northern latitude acorns if anybody in the...

Good question. I have tank mixed gly and clopyralid in the past with good results. Have never tried clethodim and clopyralid.

I read the label on stinger, and it says you can spray on brassicas. It's used for sugar beets so I figured it would also work on tillage radishes. Has anyone ever tried spraying clopyralid on brassicas? I have a thistle problem in some areas and want to kill two birds. One area specifically...

i'd wait until september when fall rains come. i drilled winter rye last fall around october 20th and it was still good going into spring, at 6' tall before rolling it

Milestone is extremely effective at killing thistles. I've been spraying it at a rate of .5 - 1 oz in my backpack sprayer on 7' tall thistle and within hours the heads are drooping. They will kill plants in the aster family, so goldenrods and asters will get smoked as well. In heavily...

Has anybody ever dealt with common tansy? I didn't realize it was an invasive until I contacted my local SWCD for cost share invasive control program for canadian thistle. Thistle is considered a species of concern, but not a priority, while common tansy is considered a priority species...

Late to the party here. I've been battling canadian and bull thistle for 3 years now. I've won many battles but the war is not over, and never will be. I was turned to a chemical called milestone as the most effective herbicide. You can buy a quart of it online for about $85 and it will...

Majority of the trees are basswood, with a few ash trees here and there. I'm noticing the basswood are mostly rotted and waterlogged so I'm having trouble even burning them in piles. The spot in particular is in a river bottom, but even after a super wet year, and about 4" of rain this past...