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Question for you Hardwood thinners/burners.
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03/24/17 11:08 AM
03/24/17 11:08 AM
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So we're cutting about 60 acres, 80% of that is probably in natural regen pines. Some good Hardwood stands mixed in on the hills and bottoms. I asked the forester if he could just thin or select cut the hardwoods to allow some sunlight to the floor. He said that wouldn't be a good idea because the hardwoods would make off shoots or begin to sprout limbs along the trunk essentially making it worse( to allow more sunlight to floor). I've seen Gobblers pictures and those hardwoods are straight with no limbs trying to grow low around the trunk. Here's a picture of my point and how do u prevent this.
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Re: Question for you Hardwood thinners/burners.
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03/24/17 01:54 PM
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Technical term for it is called “epicormic branching”.
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Re: Question for you Hardwood thinners/burners.
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03/25/17 10:57 AM
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How do I prevent that from happening? I would like my hardwoods to be thinned without epicormic branching occurring. Will fire get high enough along the trunk of the tree to prevent that?
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Re: Question for you Hardwood thinners/burners.
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03/25/17 06:24 PM
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From what I've been reading today I think you are right. Density maybe the biggest issue. I still want to allow enough sunlight but not so much that is allows too much branching. I think ill just let them be and try some fire on them next year and get them on a burn rotation. Thanks for all replies.
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Re: Question for you Hardwood thinners/burners.
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03/26/17 02:05 AM
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I did some hardwood burning beginning about 6 years after logging, I've noticed no increase in epicormic branching. The state forestry folks did the burns and I don't remember the Forester even mentioning it as a potential problem. The areas I did were cut pretty hard, don't know if that's a factor.
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