Pine seedling growth

Thelonegoose

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I need to plant some rows of pines for screening and windbreak around my house build. The field is very fertile so grass/weeds takes them over very quick. Is imazapyr what I could spray directly over them to control the grass/weeds?
Imazapyr will work just fine but I'd be willing to bet that most of the pines you plant will out compete most of the competition in a few years if you are able to do some bush hogging or mowing on the edges or in between the rows.
 

Joe2Kool

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Planting pines in steep hill country is some of the hardest work I've ever done. Each time I've done it I swear afterwards I will never do that again! Then, like women forgetting how bad pregnancy and childbirth are after a year or so and decide to have another, I'll forget how bad planting pines was and think, yea, I could plant more.
Flat and sandy soil country in eastern NC, so it wasn't difficult for me😁. I just remember that 2", heavy pointed pole. Drive a hole, stick a tree in it, stomp around the edges, take 3 steps. Repeat.
 

BSK

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Flat and sandy soil country in eastern NC, so it wasn't difficult for me😁. I just remember that 2", heavy pointed pole. Drive a hole, stick a tree in it, stomp around the edges, take 3 steps. Repeat.
The muddy conditions helped getting the dibble bars in the ground, but the next week, when things dried up and I tried to plant the last couple hundred seedling myself on a rocky ridge, I was wishing for the mud again! I bought the super heavy-duty "rock" dibble bars. They really help. Only problem is they weight about 20 lbs. Throw one of those down hard four or five times to find a spot between the rocks, then jump on it with all your weight. Now repeat a couple hundred times. Now do that all day every day for a week. You won't feel very good afterwards, especially at 60 years old.
 

Joe2Kool

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The muddy conditions helped getting the dibble bars in the ground, but the next week, when things dried up and I tried to plant the last couple hundred seedling myself on a rocky ridge, I was wishing for the mud again! I bought the super heavy-duty "rock" dibble bars. They really help. Only problem is they weight about 20 lbs. Throw one of those down hard four or five times to find a spot between the rocks, then jump on it with all your weight. Now repeat a couple hundred times. Now do that all day every day for a week. You won't feel very good afterwards, especially at 60 years old.
Sandy soil was much easier. And I was about 10-12 years old. :) So I don't remember how it felt, I just remember lots and lots of pine trees!
 
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