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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:02 pm
by toad857
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:28 pm
by captain static
Thanks for the links mcrib & toad.
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:51 pm
by whatahutch
I will be there when they need some people to volunteer. I grew up in west central Ky where there are no Hemlocks. These trees (being the stepson of a logger) were the first trees I noticed when I first stepped into the red. They are beautiful. I will give some time to save some. Seriously.
My father has a farm in west central Ky that could also be a place for a genetic seed plot that would be away from the rest of the infestation. I know that the area is a little different, but there is sandy, east facing and well irrigated cliff line. It wouldn't hold hundreds of trees, but defitnatly dozens.
My father and I even spoke about this a few months back and he said he would love to grow Hemlocks on his land.
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:05 pm
by toad857
whatahutch wrote:My father and I even spoke about this a few months back and he said he would love to grow Hemlocks on his land.
sounds like a cool idea. just don't go and transplant hemlocks from an infested area--someone already did that in KY and moved HWA along with it (giving the infestation a 10 year head start). the infestation is very difficult to see...