Different methods of Planting Red Osier Dogwood for whitetail habitat part one 1 of two 2

[@JeffreyR]

Great Video! You talked about the chemical that leaves produce that encourage root growth. Its actually a hormone called Auxin. Auxin encourages cell expansion so your roots grow larger faster. Roots then produce Cytokinin which encourages cell division for new shoot growth! NAture is a cool system.

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Thanks for the comment!

[@kurtcaramanidis5705]

Great video. I had over 90% success rate this Spring. Planted them April 3 in Central WI. I cut on an angle and scarred one side.

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Excellent comment. Thanks for the ideas.

[@albanoeira372]

Very good "INTRO" , really good...Well , good propagation of this plant , it has enough humidity to create roots . This technique of breaking the trunk (thin) to create new shoots , make me think of some ideas. I really liked the 1 st part of the video.

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

I can't help myself!

[@albanoeira372]

@@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870 At least , don´t fight yourself...Let it flow.

[@josephcioni5293]

Excellent suggestion about bending the R. D. O. over and sending up new shoots!

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Thank you!

[@buckeyebowhunter]

Great video and super informative! I'm gonna have to give this a try.

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Thanks for the comment!

[@dannysage97]

GREAT video, my only thing I have to add is that you should bend the plant over and start your trimming from the top down when harvesting. When you snip the low branches you encourage vertical growth rather then horizontal. More food at deer height!!

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Ok. I hinge cut a few larger bushes and there is more growth than any other technique I've tried. A measure as compensation. Interesting idea though, I'll try it and find out what happens.

[@dannysage97]

@@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870 all personal preference bu I feel like long term trimming them vertically just makes them grow more food for a longer period of time, the Hinge cuts only last a year but the horizontal limbs get stimulated by the deer browse and they’ll grow back even more vigorous year after year

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

@@dannysage97 I have hinge cuts living for a few years now. To experiment further I will bury the hinge cut along the horizontal plane and plant cuttings horizontal just based on your comment. Make a nice video too. Thanks.

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

I appreciate the economic thoughts.

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

The situation is darkening, prepare yourself.

[@stevepalmateer]

There's a pretty simple solution to the problem you outlined in your introduction. Namely, taxation. Too much money chasing the same finite resources causes the value of those resources to be artificially inflated. That's the textbook definition of "inflation" in fact. By taxing some money out of circulation, inflation can be limited or prevented altogether. Then the public coffers can use that tax money to chase other resources that the private sector isn't interested in. Say, conservation efforts for red osier dogwood and whitetail deer, for instance. Love the video. Keep 'em coming. I'm going to use these techniques to utilize wetter soils in an around my foodplot to further maximize the raw tonnage of quality forage that I can provide to the game animals on my land. Thanks again Rick!

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Interesting comment. Money is simply a claim on future resources. I think there are far more cash and cash equivalents built up in this financial paradigm than there are resources right now. No where have I read a study on this, just my feeling. Building up these natural renewable resources is a smart move right now. Doing so without inputs from the system is even smarter.

[@darrengarlough5121]

I have a wet area as well I appreciate the video will give it a try. Ihave to find so e red Osier dogwood. What time of year is best? Thought of speacked alder as well. Would like to locate some starts. Kinda pricey to buy and ship.

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

I've only tried in the spring time.

[@kevinpillsbury5291]

Can you state again what you planted on the banks to break up the clay?

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Birdsfoot trefoil primarily. The deer don't eat it to the ground like they do other legumes.

[@dalechristel8778]

What's the reason you threw all that brush into the water?

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Places for the frogs to hide so they all don't get picked off in a day or two.

[@wallys7016]

What state are you in? What month did you do this in? Did you scrape the end like one of the comments had said? Thanks

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

Upper Michigan. The more important timing is at leaf out. No scraping, no intentional angled cut, no growth hormones. I can literally cut a thousand cuttings there so I don't want to spend a lot of time. This could be wrong in some cases, but I think those that exhibit toughness, don't need care, are those I want. Now I do spend time with those already rooted that I had cultured.

[@11thway]

There is no such thing as more money than resources. The price of resources is determined by their availability. The scarcer the resources become, the more they cost, eventually to the point where all the money is required to purchase the resource. Money is simply a measure of what something is worth. It cannot exceed the product it measures.

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

More money than resources produces inflation is the idea. Nothing is constant other than people who stress over controlling the future. But that's ok, you can think what you want.

[@jack99bv12]

Wish that stuff grew in zone 8.

[@deerhuntingwithrickthepeas7870]

I don't know. Zone 8 has more options.