Planting--what species next?

[RandyMac]

I need some Alders, anybody got a handful of seeds?

 

[madhatte]

The "cones" are empty this time of year but I'll be able to collect plenty in a few months.

 

[echoshawn]

I don't suppose you asked about the provenance on the white pines, did you? The FS research center in Dorena, OR is about 5 generations into blister rust resistance and to the best of my knowledge, most of the seedlings in our area originate from seedstock that started at the Dennie Ahl nursery in the ONF. I spoke with the Dorena folks awhile ago regarding some white and sugar pines I found records of having been planted here around 1980. There was a paper published recently on the state of knowledge regarding the long-term outlook for five-needle pines on our region. I'll find it later if there's any interest. The conclusion was that things look better now than they did ay the start of the study, but there's still a long way to go before blister rust is a non-issue.

The last time I did any planting I think we were planting 2nd generation resistant WWP. Then again, the company I was working for had several legacy WWPs in the 50" dbh range that they were also using for seed stock. I know we planted a ton of it that spring, and when I did a 15yr survey on a larch/white pine stand the mortality was minimal.

 

[slowp]

I need some Alders, anybody got a handful of seeds?

You can come and dig up trees in a couple or more months. I end up mowing or weedwhacking them. My transplants have a high mortality.

 

[RandyMac]

The "cones" are empty this time of year but I'll be able to collect plenty in a few months.

I bought some on-line, a lot of them, I'll be the neighbor weed farmer.
How about Madrone?
I'll trade ya a D44 for them.

 

[madhatte]

I bought some on-line, a lot of them, I'll be the neighbor weed farmer.
How about Madrone?
I'll trade ya a D44 for them.

Madrone are NOTORIOUSLY hard to transplant successfully. However, I know a couple of individual trees which are prodigious berry producers. I'll grab you a couple of pounds come fall; remind me so's I don't space out.

 

[OlympicYJ]

I bought some on-line, a lot of them, I'll be the neighbor weed farmer.
How about Madrone?
I'll trade ya a D44 for them.

Dang Ranyd, I was gonna give ya all the ones out in the upper 20... They have great root systems and come in multiple stems so you can select the best :msp_biggrin:

 

[RandyMac]

I want to put some in my driveway, they seem to like poor soil with rocks.
The Alders are going into a rough corner in the backyard, to screen off the neighbors.

 

[madhatte]

Madrone are cool. They grow in only the nastiest of places, either with their feet in the water or on bare rock. They don't take kindly to being coddled.

 

[RandyMac]

Yes Madrones are cool and a highly decorative tree.

Over the years I have felled some monsters, they were always challenge, a test of skill and courage.

 

[madhatte]

Sale I'm working on now I'm gonna kill a bunch of scraggly fir to release overtopped madrone. There's a Weyco clearcut at the edge of the unit that's BLOWIN' UP with young madrone so I'm pretty sure I can coax a bunch of these old battle-axes back into business. Soils are all glacial till at the top of a ridge so I'm frankly amazed that the fir are there at all.

 

[OlympicYJ]

Hey Randy my bad on gooberin yer name lol I like madrone too. Only problem is it prob wouldn't grow in my neck O the woods. My uncle gets allot of it off his construction jobs in Olympia. Makes some good firewood i hear. Oregon ash splits crazy easy too. All stuff i don't get cuz of bein too close to the coast. :banghead: although not having Oregon Ash can be a good thing lol

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[slowp]

I know of a madrone patch just south of Packwood. Strange for it to be there, or not.