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General Forestry => Forestry and Logging => Topic started by: petefrom bearswamp on January 04, 2021, 06:03:30 PM
Anyone out there have a fern problem?
They have taken over about 10 to 15 acres of my beautiful 65 acre Hardwood stand.
I tried roundup several years ago on about an acre but they came back in a couple of years.
Nothing regenerates under them.
Wish I could burn like you southern fellows, but is unlawful here in the kingdom of liberal
Are they hay scented ferns? I have seen them invade under sugar maple if the ground has a high water table and a lot of sunlight. Spraying is going to kill the little maples. Might have to eat more deer meat. ;D
Might find something useful here, I did not read it.
https://extension.psu.edu/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/533/ (https://extension.psu.edu/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/533/)
They are a state forester here's nemesis, preferred method for him seems to be spraying.
Ran across this recently: Horse logging equipment (http://www.heavyhorses.net/Pages/equipment_%20bracken%20basher.htm)
Highland Horse Logging | Bracken Bashing (http://www.spanglefish.com/highlandhorselogging/brackenbashing.asp)
Could build one real easy to pull behind atv/utv, tractor, whatever if it works as well as the brits say it does. Some real good papers out there on hay scented and new york fern impacts on hardwood regen.