North facing slopes/manipulation

[Football Hunter]

Getting some logging done,mostly north facing slopes,course some face east and west on either side.Anyway,mostly poplar,maple,a few oaks.

Most of my oaks are on top,I guess this is normal,any way to get some oaks growing on the north facing slopes?

I assume the poplars will come back from the stump with a vengeance,competition will be fierce,maples to I guess,great browse though.

What about hybrids like sawtooths or CCs?Can they compete?Maybe spray a few stumps here and there and establish some mast trees?

Any thoughts?I guess Sawtooths and CCs have little timber value,but I dont care.

 

[Football Hunter]

BTW ,saw the TWRA or TN forrestry site,where you can get white oak saplings,something like 500 for $100 SOMETHING LIKE THAT,BUT GUESSING THEY WOULD HAVE NO CHANCE.

 

[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

I'm trying to grow sawtooths in cut over. I plant them in groups of around 20 and spray every thing else with round up. So far I have two patches going, one is about 6 years old and one I just started this year.

 

[Truedouble]

I think if you plant oak seedlings they would have just as good of a chance as volunteer poplars or maples. As someone else mentioned you can also spray the undesirable trees. We spoke with our timber consultant about the same thing and he mentioned that planting seedlings should work.

 

[richmanbarbeque]

The trash trees will out compete sawtooths if you don't keep em sprayed. IMO

 

[BSK]

North-facing slopes generally grow the best white and red oaks because those slopes have the highest soil moisture (receive the least amount of drying summer sunlight). Oaks also do well on northeast-facing slopes because those slopes only get the morning sun. The worst slopes for oak growth are south and southwest-facing slopes, as they get the full afternoon drying sun in summer. These slopes are usually dominated by sourwood and Mountain Chesnut Oaks--trees that can handle extremely dry conditions.

 

[Boone 58]