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Post by firstwd on Jan 17, 2021 15:27:55 GMT -5
I have about 50 feet of roadside area of my campsite that is wide open that we have been wanting to screen off. My initial thought was just several white pines because it would look nice and be there all year, but I'm thinking their growth rate won't match mt desires.
Is there anything native, or at least not destructive, that will grow to 6 feet or more rather quickly that I can plant along the road ditch? My current thoughts is something quick to block the "view" but still run a couple rows of white pine on the camp side for a more permanent wall.
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Post by esshup on Jan 17, 2021 16:52:27 GMT -5
whitetailinstitute.com/conceal/Haven't used it but I have an order in for it and will try it this year. I think Arborvitae make a denser "screen" than White Pines, especially if they are planted on 5' centers, two rows deep and alternate the rows.
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Post by jjas on Jan 17, 2021 17:59:19 GMT -5
I've seen an awful lot of arbovitae with Winter burn that didn't green back up the next Spring.
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Post by freedomhunter on Jan 17, 2021 18:39:37 GMT -5
Just fyi I bought a bunch of white pine saplings for same thing and the raccoons dug most of them up to get to the topsoil pack. I would go with bigger trees if you can afford them, whatever they are.
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Post by swilk on Jan 17, 2021 19:04:12 GMT -5
Giant miscanthus for the short term then some kind of deciduous for the long term.
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Post by steiny on Jan 18, 2021 11:45:12 GMT -5
I plant Egyptian wheat on one of our property lines where I don't want people looking in. Run the tiller and create a good seed bed, pack it in, then just hit it with straight nitrogen a couple times while it's growing and it will make a wall of thick cane like grass 8' to 12' tall.
Could do Arborvitaes (cedars) alongside the wheat and quit planting wheat annually when they get big enough.
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Post by firstwd on Jan 20, 2021 11:23:20 GMT -5
I plant Egyptian wheat on one of our property lines where I don't want people looking in. Run the tiller and create a good seed bed, pack it in, then just hit it with straight nitrogen a couple times while it's growing and it will make a wall of thick cane like grass 8' to 12' tall. Could do Arborvitaes (cedars) alongside the wheat and quit planting wheat annually when they get big enough. So..... how well do the doves get along with this stuff? It looks pretty good from the pictures I found of it. Im thinking it would be very handy at blocking the spotlighters favorite area as well as mt campsite. I have a few places where the garmer doesn't plant the corners and leaves it open to line the combine up that could easily be tilled and planted with this stuff as a dove plot. Just leave it be and it will get knocked down during harvest and whatever grain is there would be fall/winter food. |
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Post by featherduster on Jan 20, 2021 12:26:08 GMT -5
A couple old used up mobile homes should work real good.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jan 20, 2021 12:39:37 GMT -5
A couple old used up mobile homes should work real good. The real deluxe "shoot house" ! |
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Post by parrothead on Jan 20, 2021 13:29:31 GMT -5
Buy a bunch of trees from the DNR tree sale every spring
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Post by steiny on Jan 20, 2021 18:17:22 GMT -5
So..... how well do the doves get along with this stuff? It looks pretty good from the pictures I found of it. Im thinking it would be very handy at blocking the spotlighters favorite area as well as mt campsite. I have a few places where the garmer doesn't plant the corners and leaves it open to line the combine up that could easily be tilled and planted with this stuff as a dove plot. Just leave it be and it will get knocked down during harvest and whatever grain is there would be fall/winter food. I don't think this plant will provide any feed for doves. For that, I would plant sunflowers. |
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Post by medic22 on Jan 20, 2021 18:22:26 GMT -5
Leyland cypress grows 3-4 feet per year.
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Post by bartiks on Jan 23, 2021 1:42:10 GMT -5
A couple old used up mobile homes should work real good. Thanks feather, you about made me choke on my coffee. Pretty good one there. |
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Post by duff on Jan 31, 2021 19:27:47 GMT -5
A couple old used up mobile homes should work real good. Thanks feather, you about made me choke on my coffee. Pretty good one there. FD is a classy dude. He knows what it takes to get the job done too |
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