Pine Management Done Right - How to Master Pine Management in 5 Minutes!

[@kevinkirby6511]

Perfect! Great info! Thank you Dr woods for speaking with me!

[@russbolton947]

We are about to burn a 9 yr old stand of loblolly in the next few weeks. Haven’t done the first thinning yet, but the local forestry commission said we can burn it now

[@Winterascent]

Love it, but depending on location I just wish it was either longleaf or maybe short leaf to allow for more frequent fire use and potentially natural regeneration.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

I like whatever pine species is native to the location

[@Winterascent]

@@GrowingDeerTV Well, where was this?

[@tommyhunter1817]

Coming up on my second thinning IF I can find somebody to cut it which will take me to 60 bsf per acre. Course I know I’ll have some blowdowns for a while, but it’ll look good.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Tommy - I know a great forester that understands wildlife in Georgia! Reach out to me and I'll make an introduction!

[@nathanlester5054]

Dr. Woods, what are the monetary costs to spray a pine plantation like you are showing as the correct example? Would that be sprayed by aerial application or by a team of professionals?

[@baseball3845]

I am curious how and when to apply herbicide I am having 30 year old pines thinned down to 60-70 range in a couple weeks and need to knock out the sweet gum after they finish

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Nathan - the number of acres, etc., impact the price - volume discounts - but in general treating pines to promote native forbs and grasses cost about $100 per acre. Be sure the crew doesn't use a tank mix and kill everything but pines! Forestry herbicides are usually applied by a skidder or helicopter.

[@traeposs422]

I got a farm just like this BUT it’s all briar now … hack and squirt on the hardwood… but now it’s nothing but briar so thick you can’t walk through.. what do I do…

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Prescribed fire is my first choice! Herbicides would be my second choice.

[@jaronmiller5504]

For 60 basal feet per acre, is that roughly 15 feet in between each tree? I want to cut a long pvc pipe to bring along with my chainsaw for a standard rule of thumb for tree spacing. Our pine thicket is unfortunately a 30+ year old clear clear cut that was left alone, we have our work cut out for us.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Jaron - the space between trees would depend on the diameter of each tree. To invision 60 basal feet per acre, think of 60 pie plates or one foot circles placed in one acre or 43,560 square feet - or 208' x 208'. If there's only 15' between trees, then with a 7.5' canopy it would be a closed canopy forest. The goal is to get sun to the ground to promote quality forage. We'll show more on this soon!