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Question about thinning pines
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gma1320
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That's very odd, I've never heard of that before. Maybe over seeded or something.
Havana Dude
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Pulp wood
It wasn't seeded. These were machine planted?
So they'll come back and get what they cut?
brownceluse
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I’d imagine so.
ACracing98
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Pre commercial thinning!
ACracing98
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Sorry...pre commercial thinning???
nmurph
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There's no pine in NA that has merchantable timber at 4 years. Pines will have blue stain if it lays for long after it is cut and it's marketability is reduced if this happens. If the wood has been on the ground more than a week or so, the company isn't coming back.
@Bucaramus Has the land changed ownership since the pines were planted?
Kev
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Maybe the stand was overstocked and they had to do a pre-commercial thin to release the trees.
Nimrod71
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In my 70 years I have never seen that done. Thinning is done to allow the remaining trees to get more sun light and have more room to grow and nutrients. No they will not come back.
Not sure about ownership but management companies have changed.
Timberbeast
Senior Member
Pre commercial thinning is just another tool in the tool bag of pine plantation management such as spraying or fertilizer. Often times a pine plantation can be overrun with volunteer pine seedlings. If left alone, the stand will likely fail later on down the line. At a minimum it will fall short of its sawtimber potential. This is typically done around age 4. The stems on the ground will not be picked up.
I’ve seen a very big and successful land owner in Troup co do this . They had a lot of Mexicans do it with chain saws . And I mean cut for months
longrangedog
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Had pre commercial thinning done on 40 acres just this past spring. They use clearing saws and thin the young trees to give the remaining trees room and light. Makes walking difficult for a few years but visibility greatly increased.
That could explain it. The previous manager wanted the row widths and distance apart in the row different than the current manager. Different management styles.
The owner paid to have those trees planted in that configuration and now is paying to have them removed. Not very cost efficient IMO.
nmurph
Senior Member
A better question is: who was overseeing this planting?
Is this timber company land?
It is. Originally managed by FRC and now by Green Diamond.
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