Slash and Longleaf

[Tom]

My slash is really jumping this year.  Pictured is two weeks of growth.  It's common to have this much but I expect there to be more before they slow down.  Last year they did this twice.


The longleaf that is volunteering throughout the plantation is really exciting me.  If I am able to keep these trees for sawlogs then having the longleaf may give me (or somebody) a second cutting.  See the difference in the "candle" of the longleaf?  It is more robust, stockier, potentially as long and much whiter than the slash.  If you can't get close enough to the trees while traveling to identify them from other means,  you can always tell the Longleaf by its big, white candle.

[CHARLIE]

Whose the ugly guy with the ugly hat?  You oughta chase those type off your land. He looks pretty shifty to me.

[Tom]

That's my wife's tenant, Charlie.  He's Ok.  

[Bud Man]

Look's to me like some wierd type looking fellow is trying to hypnotize your baby Slash & Longleaf's, that are enjoying the Grass Stage. Or maybe the trees have him hypnotized, eh?

[Jeff]

Great I.D. tip Tom.