John-W-WI
Administrator
Last weekend I finally got around to trying the "giant cuttings" for rubbing posts. The longest one was 20' 6" long (3 year old hybrid poplar). I had planted some too close together and they needed to be thinned.
Length:
![Giant Cuttings 26.JPG Giant Cuttings 26.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/382-ae9a871502bca99e701a6ff5366ab016.jpg)
Here is one of them before we put it in the ground:
![Giant Cuttings 34.JPG Giant Cuttings 34.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/381-3901116d319425462ed626f6491f3cb4.jpg)
I augered an 18" hole about 3 1/2 feet deep:
![Giant Cuttings 17.JPG Giant Cuttings 17.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/383-ba035e8a577fac9d465ffa6c8a26c581.jpg)
![Giant Cuttings 57.JPG Giant Cuttings 57.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/384-e4345681a2a288d78c348927527bcd81.jpg)
I planted them in a couple of locations. In both locations I planted one with all of the branches removed and another with all of the branches left on the tree (except the very bottom that went in the hole):
![Giant Cuttings 68.JPG Giant Cuttings 68.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/385-7f27ac66e9f8be9f28df2c4f4dab429a.jpg)
I will document this process better in the future, but this is a good start. It will be interesting to see what they do. They are all in a foodplot ready to be rubbed (and have a few branches tied down for licking branches).
-John
Length:
![Giant Cuttings 26.JPG Giant Cuttings 26.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/382-ae9a871502bca99e701a6ff5366ab016.jpg)
Here is one of them before we put it in the ground:
![Giant Cuttings 34.JPG Giant Cuttings 34.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/381-3901116d319425462ed626f6491f3cb4.jpg)
I augered an 18" hole about 3 1/2 feet deep:
![Giant Cuttings 17.JPG Giant Cuttings 17.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/383-ba035e8a577fac9d465ffa6c8a26c581.jpg)
![Giant Cuttings 57.JPG Giant Cuttings 57.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/384-e4345681a2a288d78c348927527bcd81.jpg)
I planted them in a couple of locations. In both locations I planted one with all of the branches removed and another with all of the branches left on the tree (except the very bottom that went in the hole):
![Giant Cuttings 68.JPG Giant Cuttings 68.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/385-7f27ac66e9f8be9f28df2c4f4dab429a.jpg)
I will document this process better in the future, but this is a good start. It will be interesting to see what they do. They are all in a foodplot ready to be rubbed (and have a few branches tied down for licking branches).
-John