Norway Spruce
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wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
Boone, check with MDC(Missouri Dept of Conservation), they sell good trees and at a very reasonable price, not sure on if they have what you need available, but they are a reputable source for tree plantings. Also, have you checked with the WI state nursery? I'm not sure if they do plugs, maybe only bareroots, but I have had some luck planting their bareroots on a buddies property in the past. One other place comes to mind locally you could call to check. Not sure what they have as I have never stopped in there, but since your in LaCrosse, give Trees Today Nursery out on Losey Blvd by the Boy/Girl Scout offices a call, it can't hurt to check with them just to see if they carry plug conifers, who knows, maybe they have a wholesale source that does not sell to retail buyers?
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
They have been GOLD for us at camp. They cut the wind down to about nothing !!
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Good location choice Boone. South-facing hill should make for a good bedding area in cold weather - deer soaking up the sun between spruce trees. South slopes are where deer bed the most in winter for us here.
chummer
5 year old buck +
Too much fertilizer. They are most likely dead. I fried some two year old crabs last year. Some turned half brown and lived, the ones that turned all brown were toast.
Bummer
shawnv
5 year old buck +
You should not fertilize 2yr old spruce plantings until they have been in the ground for at least 4 months according the nursery folks I have asked.
1/4 cup sprinkled around each tree. I've heard you should stay at least 6 inches away, so maybe to close?
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
I've said on this forum that I sprinkle 10-10-10 around spruce that have been planted for 2 years. I never had any turn brown on me - at all. I've never fertilized any spruce that were 2 year old seedlings that were just planted. I let them in the ground for 2 years to establish their root systems before putting any fertilizer down around them. I stay 6" away from the young tree so the roots "reach out " to get to the fertilizer, expanding the root system. Hope this helps.
bueller
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How much do you put around each tree?
Buckly
5 year old buck +
That's not a lot. Hard to believe that amount would hurt anything. How many turned brown?
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Bueller - No more than 1/4 cup - I just take a light handful and sprinkle it around the tree, making sure I don't get too close to the trunk / stem. Not real scientific the way I do it. I scatter it out, so it's not in a concentrated ring or pile. That's all I do.
tooln
5 year old buck +
These pics are from bare root 3/0 seedlings that were planted in the spring of 2013. No prep, no follow up, just used root jell when planting. Ruger 10/22 for size comparison. Last pic shows what they are competing with. The pictures were taken last fall. More than likely your fertilizer burnt them.
They were planted 2 years ago, some bare root and some plugs. I'm thinking I put down to much fertilizer and to close to the trees. Live and learn I guess.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Tooln - Whatever that crap is that your spruce are growing in ...... I like the look of it. Love the low, brushy, weedy stuff. Woods with all " park-like " mature, naked telephone poles don't hold much appeal for game. You have some good edge cover there to go with bigger woods in the background of the pix. Nice !! Spruce look good.
