"Brett just wanted to give you a follow up on my progress. I have dismantled my brush piles into slash surrounding some clearings I wanted to grow some grass. Summer was too hot and dry in Texas so I didn't get much accomplished. Well now I have…"
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Need input whether I should chip tree limbs vs burning
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark E. Kunnemann May 15, 2023. 6 Replies 0 Likes
I live in south central Texas on 21 very wooded acres. I have a plan to thin the trees to open up the canopy for allowing grasses to grow. I have 31 large piles of brush which I had planned to burn,…Continue
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Mark E. Kunnemann replied to Mark E. Kunnemann's discussion Need input whether I should chip tree limbs vs burning"I had not mentioned in my original post that I had cut down 80+ trees(oak & hickory) in August/September which I delimbed and left on the ground thinking I would chip up later. I have gathered these up to make a slash windrow around the two open…"
Scott O'Bar replied to Mark E. Kunnemann's discussion Need input whether I should chip tree limbs vs burning"I've always heard burning causes nutrients to be lost from the material. Also some carbon floats away in the form of ash/smoke. So my vote is for chipping. Exception would be if you could make bio-char, but that is labor-intensive."
Mark E. Kunnemann replied to Mark E. Kunnemann's discussion Need input whether I should chip tree limbs vs burning"Brett that is an excellent suggestion. I have cross fenced some for the animals, but was needing to protect those two large openings. I was considering electric fence, but your suggestion I could move those piles of brush from those openings which I…"
"If windrowing or piling the cleared brush and trees vs. chipping and dispersing/composting, you may want to consider ways to use the windrows to your advantage either as internal "fence" divisions or to protect something that is…"
Mark E. Kunnemann replied to Mark E. Kunnemann's discussion Need input whether I should chip tree limbs vs burning"Thanks Brett that was my thought. Also providing some moisture retention. "
"Wood is about 50% carbon on a dry-matter basis, so there's a lot of carbon in trees - as well as other nutrients. If I were trying to rebuild the soil organic matter on a sandy soil, I would definitely want to keep as much of that biomass…"
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I live in south central Texas on 21 very wooded acres. I have a plan to thin the trees to open up the canopy for allowing grasses to grow. I have 31 large piles of brush which I had planned to burn, then thought it might be better to chip up for carbon to improve the soil which is sand. I am using some hay and composting goat, chicken droppings which I put in 2 football size clearings which have sprinklers for watering. I know this will be labor intensive, but I am retired and enjoy being…See More
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