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Using Round-up on Christmas Trees.

 
BilloutWest
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Using Round-up on Christmas Trees.
Years ago Scotch Broom was brought in from England to stabilize sand dunes.

Always a bad thought to pull that sort of Environmental alteration.

What that means is to kill the Scotch Broom around Christmas Trees in Oregon Helicopters spray Round-up to keep the noxious weeds down.

Those are Chem Trails worth worrying about.

Now lets move to logging.

Scotch broom dies as trees get bigger because it is shade intolerant.

Killing off a few generations of Scotch Broom works as Douglas Fir seedlings become small trees and shade out other plants like Scotch Broom.

So what one does is hire a crew to come in and spray after planting.

These crews are typically Hispanic.

Anybody going to complain about where they originally came from so they can get that job?

We had a small clean up logging job done on 8 acres of dead and dying Doug and White Fir. Also one Madrone and one small Pacific Yew were cut.
A Hispanic Crew came in and planted 2500 Doug Fir at 85 Cents a tree. That was $2100+. It is hard physical labor.
They just sprayed it for 400 bucks.

It will have to be re-sprayed yearly at least four more times.

Last Edited by BilloutWest on 05/18/2019 11:30 PM
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Re: Using Round-up on Christmas Trees.
When you are getting Christmas trees in December it has been awhile since they have had Round-up or other chemical exposure.
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Re: Using Round-up on Christmas Trees.
Why do you have to spray against Scotch broom if the trees shade them out as they get bigger?
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Re: Using Round-up on Christmas Trees.
Why do you have to spray against Scotch broom if the trees shade them out as they get bigger?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14992014


To allow the trees to get bigger.

In the acreage next to our small logging there is over 100 acres of scotch broom.

Scotch Broom takes over and the trees simply do not have a chance to get big.
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Re: Using Round-up on Christmas Trees.
Why do you have to spray against Scotch broom if the trees shade them out as they get bigger?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14992014


To allow the trees to get bigger.

In the acreage next to our small logging there is over 100 acres of scotch broom.

Scotch Broom takes over and the trees simply do not have a chance to get big.
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Why not just use mulch or plastic sheeting to keep the weeds out? Seems like it would be cheaper and easier in the long run. Plus, it would hold more moisture in the soil
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Re: Using Round-up on Christmas Trees.
Why do you have to spray against Scotch broom if the trees shade them out as they get bigger?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14992014


To allow the trees to get bigger.

In the acreage next to our small logging there is over 100 acres of scotch broom.

Scotch Broom takes over and the trees simply do not have a chance to get big.
 Quoting: BilloutWest


Why not just use mulch or plastic sheeting to keep the weeds out? Seems like it would be cheaper and easier in the long run. Plus, it would hold more moisture in the soil
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14992014


Not possible to do on rough terrain where logging is conducted.

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Re: Using Round-up on Christmas Trees.
Why do you have to spray against Scotch broom if the trees shade them out as they get bigger?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14992014


To allow the trees to get bigger.

In the acreage next to our small logging there is over 100 acres of scotch broom.

Scotch Broom takes over and the trees simply do not have a chance to get big.
 Quoting: BilloutWest


Why not just use mulch or plastic sheeting to keep the weeds out? Seems like it would be cheaper and easier in the long run. Plus, it would hold more moisture in the soil
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14992014


Not possible to do on rough terrain where logging is conducted.

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 Quoting: BilloutWest


At least for the Christmas trees it must be cost prohibitive.
Western Oregon has a lot of Christmas tree 'farms'. I do not recall seeing mulch nor plastic.

Additionally nursery stock is grown there and I do not recall seeing plastic there.





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