Jaxon Holler
Yearling... With promise
So portions of my logging process are wrapping up and I'm hoping to convert a few clear cut areas to oak savanna/meadow areas going forward. One area is about an acre in size and I've got all the tops piled up to burn this winter. Everything was sacrificed this spring with a spring tooth harrow and the tractor work moving tops and rocks. The soil is sandy and classified as a sandstone barren with mostly rock and very shallow soils.
Here's the dilemma. Pennsylvania sedge is covering the ground and there are almost no forbs or grasses. White pine seedlings are popping up as well as red and white oaks seedlings.
Should I spray patches of sedge to bare the soil and see what comes back, let it go and see what happens, or spray the sedge and plant a native mix of grasses and forbs to jump start the process?
I know the sedge is a native component but it's not reaching a height which encourages bedding/cover or food.
Here's the dilemma. Pennsylvania sedge is covering the ground and there are almost no forbs or grasses. White pine seedlings are popping up as well as red and white oaks seedlings.
Should I spray patches of sedge to bare the soil and see what comes back, let it go and see what happens, or spray the sedge and plant a native mix of grasses and forbs to jump start the process?
I know the sedge is a native component but it's not reaching a height which encourages bedding/cover or food.