omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Just fyi my prioperty has. 2-300 foot elevation changes all over it. It’s the main reason we used a helicopter because can’t be done with skid sprayer.
Helicopter spraying at my farm today.
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omicron1792
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I would talk with the spraying company directly. Foresters are often set in their ways and so what’s always been done. Also might not have a kickback negotiated with the helicopter company.
A backpack crew with migrant workers was gonna be 55/acre and take over a week.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
All prices I’ve quoted did not include herbicide price.
Booner21
5 year old buck +
Mine was 56.50 per acre including herbicide, that was November 2020.
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5 year old buck +
Agreed, it is a cool story, and reminded me of my asking to ride when they were spraying, but NOT having the positive outcome. Your motorcycle helmet solution reminds me of Jack Nicholson In Easy Rider.
All of my helicopter time ended up courtesy of Uncle Sam.
Troubles Trees
5 year old buck +
This thread intrigues me, I spot spray with much caution outside of killing Knotweed. Y'all are like, hold my beer lol I am familiar with using planes to spray fields etc. but hosing down 100 forested acres seems strange to me.
Do you guys go out and cover everything you have planted prior to the helicopter spraying? Any concerns about wildlife breathing or ingesting what you are spraying?
Do you guys go out and cover everything you have planted prior to the helicopter spraying? Any concerns about wildlife breathing or ingesting what you are spraying?
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
I burn yearly so I don’t plant anything that’s too sensitive. Different climates are so different. Most of what I spray and burn is to kill oaks. Ha.
Brian662
5 year old buck +
Bush honeysuckle greens up before everything and stays green after all natives have gone dormant. Hard to kill much with gly in late October or early November.
Booner21
5 year old buck +
Yes it is very seasonal timing specific they do it after everything else has gone dormant. It will eventually come back but I am starting my property on a burn rotation to limit its return. On year three I noticed a few green plants I plan to burn this coming spring. I did burn half of of it this year
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I own 62 acres bordered on two sides by row crop. They aerial spray every spring. Not sure what concoction - but it burns it down. They get some on the trees along the property borders. Sometimes they look pretty bad - but always come back. Never had any drift. The run off from the field comes through one of my ponds. Never seen a dead fish. Neighbor traps and eats crawfish out of pond. This has been going on for 25 years.
Was your farm a lot of timber? We have some mature red oak, just wondering if the spray will reach our BH.
I have been dancing around this idea for a while....but have Chinese privet and Autumn Olive in addition (and they defoliate more along the timeline of "good shrubs and trees". The NRCS guy i work with said no. The foresters say no. These are the same circles that say invasives have to go. So much money and time goes into the invasive war ....its starting to show itself these folks dont think outside of their interests and when listing to them a fella can be convinced of the same tail chasing. Ive got Fecon mulching happening now....spraying ahead.....if i had it all over to do again i wouldve put 5k into deer and property access trails, bought the mister and whittled away until i gave up or won over certain neighborhoods (which woudlve been easy wins for timber or deer bedding based). Invasives suck but in my case of 60 ac of their very dense and established presence, I might as well be be hoping to see my tax dollars lead to fixes I get experience/appreciate first hand. ;)
Where are you located?
I have spots in SW MS that was pasture let go for close to 10 years (guessing). Solid with 3-4” sweetgum, baccharis and some other cats and dogs. It’s gonna become a 2000 stem per acre gum thicket if I don’t do something. Have been thinking a helicopter may be the most cost-effective way to start getting it back under control.
Your privet comment caught my attention. I have lots of that too, but not in the areas mentioned above. My privet problem spots are in my more forested areas.
southern Ohio.
