There were a few questions about Black Walnuts
What do you mean by "girdling"?
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| Girdled by cutting about an inch inward and then angling down so the bark cannot grow back together. My hope is that the herbicide will suppress latent buds in the root-collar from breaking dormancy and forming shoots. |
Girdling by itself will kill most trees but some varieties (Box Elder, Black Walnut, many kinds of Oaks) will push shoots from their root-collar. Others (Black Locust, Poplar, Sassafrass, Sumac, Plums) will push shoots from their roots.
Why don't you have them milled into lumber?
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Not much straight on most of them. And they are young with very little heartwood. Maybe they could be used for stocks for NY compliant ARs 8-)
What does the orchard look like?
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| The big sling-shot in the center of the frame is a pear tree that I left some "whiskers" on to graft to a more productive variety. The picture was taken from the bottom of the slope. |
It is a hot-mess.
I knocked out another eight trees today and averaged about 20 minutes per tree.
Back in the late 1960's I had bought 20 acres. Lot of old black walnut. Because of the density they had grown straight. Every year some logger would pay me a lot of good money for those trees. I'm guessing these aren't big enough or the market isn't there anymore.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience, most loggers want LOTS of acres of trees on one site to come out.
DeleteI have about 20 acres ready to log and they wouldn't talk to me.
Jonathan