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no disrespect but.....trying to get through university I planted trees in the summer and figure I planted about 250,000 over 5 summers. was paid under $0.10 a pop to get them in the ground. no fancy round up and once in shape for the summer could hammer in about 300 per hour in 35C temps.I watch my local conservation folks do it now and it is far to complicated with sprays, revisits, etc.Get a hungry enough student out there and it could be done in a couple hours with a high survival rate.while I am no tree hugger and love a day logging myself, clearcuts on large scale are just butt ugly
No clue on the process but an observation. If you are planning on spraying right after you plant the trees, why not spray a day or two before planting (to let the glyphosphate be absorbed) so it would go faster and easier without having to shield?
bigtrees, if you're seeing my stuff, I would highly recommend only managing those weeds that are actually giving your young trees trouble. One can spray til the cows come home, but in time, the trees that you are planting are going to do more than anything else to change the nature of the site. Vast amounts of "weeds" that are now troubling you will find it difficult to impossible to survive once the big pines start taking over, and shading the ground layer.I'm just trying to save you some work, work that might not necessarily be needed in the long run. Of course, I'm not standing there, looking at your site. If I were, I might have different things to say.tom
One of the hardest things I find about the labels is they tell you how much chemical to apply per acre, not how much chemical to put in your sprayer. You have to know how many gallons of spray per acre that you'll use, and then you can figure out how much to put in your sprayer tank.
bigtreesCongratulation on getting your trees planted the actual out of pocket expenses of a dollar a tree is remarkable.I am surprised that nobody commented on your burn plan. I would strongly suggest that you ignite your piles in the fall as soon as you have snow cover that will stay.I supervise for the last 20 + yrs. (as Fire Boss /Ignition Boss) the ignition 30000 acres of roadside slash we commence ignition after Nov 1st and are finished by the 2nd week of Dec. Winter puts the fires to bed, snow on dry piles poises no problems we regularly ignite piles with over a foot of snow on them and achieve upwards of 90% consumption. The risks associated with Spring ignition and the potential for the fire to escape are so great that the Natural Ministry will not issue a permit.I am not sure who pays the cost of an escaped fire in Montana but in Ontario they will be looking for cost collection over and above fines.The company I work for carries $10,000,000 insurance just in case we have a holdover fire.My primary job is the safety of my crew and the secondary is not to have to call the insurance company CheersAl
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