How to Girdle and Spray Trees for Forest Stand Improvement
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Forest Stand Improvement involves removing non-native invasive trees or overabundant, low-value native trees, while selecting valuable wildlife and timber trees to remain, thus increasing sunlight reaching the forest floor to fuel forage and cover production. One of the quickest ways to kill trees selected for removal is to girdle them with a chainsaw and inject small amounts of herbicide. This video explains how to girdle and answers other questions about this technique.
For information on the herbicides we recommend and other aspects of Forest Stand Improvement, see our other videos in the Habitat Management playlist.
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I like your method ,,,I think before i do my trees i'll practice on my neighbors trees first
Really good information covering the safety aspect as well as how to girdle and squirt.
Thanks for watching!
You should talk about the honeysuckle bush and how too best manage spice bush too
Thanks Lindsay
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thanks!
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Excellent video
I have to give this a try
Mixed R & W oaks in a section with lots of maple poplar and EWP scattered and no vegetation
Oh the ideas now!
Good luck! Thanks for watching.
Safety chaps are a must, I had tired arms and after cutting lowered chainsaw as chain slowing to stop, cut my thigh pant leg and surface cut my leg under. fortunately was minor but could have been bad
Glad you weren't injured more seriously! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this great video! Where do you purchase the ingredients for the "Craig Harper Cocktail?" I have honeysuckle and Russian Olive bushes and a mulberry tree that need to go!
Youre telling me i dont want to fall on my chainsaw on purpose? Well i never knew, thanks for pointing that out…i planned on using my chainsaw to trim my nails, is that safe? I also was going to use my chainsaw to open my beer bottles and cut my vegetables and steak…what is your safety guidance on those activities?
Don't be a douche
@@jswingchun okay nerd…i wont be. Make sure to read the owners manual cover to cover, and whatever you do, dont try to cut your hair with a chainsaw…he didnt tell you in the video, but its not safe to cut your or someone elses hair with a chainsaw. I just dont want you to think its safe because there isnt a video telling me on the internet not to…and so i tried it and nearly died. If only someone had made a warning video about not using your 92cc chainsaw as a hair cutting tool…
Gd nerd
@@TheAcenightcreepernerd, lol. That’s your best shot. Nerd. Hilarious.
@@TheAcenightcreeperYes, the video over emphasized certain things as a CYA measure (don’t want some dumbass on the internet to try this without safety glasses and sue you) but a lot of what he said was practical and helpful, like using the top of the chainsaw and making sure to look for roots or something that might trip you before you do it. You *are* just being a douche
I tried hack and squirt on hickory and didn’t have a good kill. Will girdle and spray work better?
It probably depends more on the herbicide you were using. Triclopyr (Garlon 3A) is known to be weak on hickory. That's why we recommend a blend of triclopyr and imazapyr that we call a "Craig Harper Cocktail." Imazapyr is very effective on hickory. With the right herbicide, the injection method doesn't really matter, but girdle-and-spray is a good way to be certain.
@@DeerAssociation I used the Craig harper cocktail. Wondering if I didn't do enough hacks. Might just want to girdle all the hickories. The mix worked well on the other trees I used it on.
If I do this to my tree in my yard, after it dies, I'm afraid it would fall and cause damage or injury?
The past year or so I've seen tons of people recommending this method. Not one of them addresses the long term effect. Aren't we creating a forest full of widow makers with this method? How does this method not create dead trunks and branches and multiply our chances of something falling on us later in the woods?
This is not a realistic concern. The trees break down over time, drop limbs, and eventually crumble slowly. They don't crash down violently except sometimes in high winds and storms, when you aren't likely to be in the woods anyway. Meanwhile, they provide feeding areas and nesting cavities for woodpeckers and other birds. Of course, don't use this method on trees that stand next to roads or trails that you use frequently or next to structures, because they are likely to drop debris over time and block roads.
@@DeerAssociation I think this makes sense as a method in parts of our woods that aren't traveled much. I think near trails and other more active areas that perhaps I'll stick with hinging or removal. But what you said about the trees slowly coming down makes sense. I mean when we're wondering through less traveled parts of our woods we need to pay attention to what's overhead anyway. A heavy limb coming down on us would not feel very good after all.