I wish I got this knowledge 5 years ago.
I went to look at more windbreaker trees this week to Kelly Tree farm. While we were walking between the rows of seedlings I noticed that some were colored with some kind of paint. I asked the owner what it was. He revealed to me that in order to preserve young conifers from desiccation he applies some moisture sealer in late fall. Although strictly speaking it was not the real anti-desiccant but apparently it worked well:
Once I learned that this was a thing, I found several anti-desiccants but they were more expensive than this. Link to buy. Actually ordered from here.
For longer term protection I am going to plant real windbreaks this year. The outer perimeter with arborvitae and the inner perimeter with norway and white spruce. I will also plant a few eastern pines between sequoia patches to further protect younger seedlings.
I went to look at more windbreaker trees this week to Kelly Tree farm. While we were walking between the rows of seedlings I noticed that some were colored with some kind of paint. I asked the owner what it was. He revealed to me that in order to preserve young conifers from desiccation he applies some moisture sealer in late fall. Although strictly speaking it was not the real anti-desiccant but apparently it worked well:
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For longer term protection I am going to plant real windbreaks this year. The outer perimeter with arborvitae and the inner perimeter with norway and white spruce. I will also plant a few eastern pines between sequoia patches to further protect younger seedlings.
Alex, how important is potassium application and especially before winter time? Have you had the chance to experiment? If you did, have you noticed development differences between specimens?
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Sergiu
I didn’t add any potassium artificially anywhere on the plantation. However, since I cleared the hill of the trees and burned them in several large piles, there are definitely patches richer in potassium than others. The largest ones are still clearly visible because of the black carbon and mineral, clay looking dirt on the surface. A couple of places barely had any vegetation at all even after second growing season.
DeleteActually it’s not a bad idea to mark them on the next version map. Thanks for ideas 😀
Why I asked, is that I know you've added potassium sulfate (K2SO4) to your saplings at one point.
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Oh no,no. It was MgSO4.
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