Restoring Ground That's Dominated by Invasive Reed Canary Grass for Better Deer Habitat
Reed canary grass is a tough species to have on your property given how aggressively it takes over an area and destroys native habitat. Tackling invasive reed canary grass can be a major undertaking and sometimes may be too daunting to make the effort to clean it up. But, if you have a spot that is easy to burn and run a sprayer through, it is worth the effort to attempt to recover the area for native habitat. It's a multi-year commitment to clean it up, but giving back that space to native plants is worth it. The wildlife, in particular whitetail deer, will take notice. In this video, I show the beginning stages of our effort to recover an area dominated by reed canary grass and discuss what our plans are for this area are in the future.
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Thanks for posting; yea, always better to play it safe when doing controlled burns. I always learn a thing or two after doing one. The main helpful tip for me has been mowing my fire lanes in early fall so it is first to green up in late winter/ early spring and contain fire within these lanes. Helps to keep my heart rate down!
@PFHabitat
3 ай бұрын
Indeed experience is the best teacher! And that's a great tip!
Just had an area of RCG burned last week. Great timing on the video! One other thing I tried which seems to be working is cutting a bunch of popple that abutted RCG and that seems to be spreading into the RCG creating some cover.
@PFHabitat
3 ай бұрын
That is a GREAT idea. That root system is running well out into your RCG so cutting it and setting that root system on fire with regrowth will work very well
Correct. This is almost a generational commitment. We’ve seen RCG invade cave-in rock switchgrass stands, even well-managed stands. Where feasible, farming it for a couple years with Round-up ready crops has helped us. And yes, planting woody species is easier than trying to maintain a native wet-meadow. Keep us updated on how this goes?
@PFHabitat
3 ай бұрын
Definitely. The biggest goal is to keep it knocked back long enough to get the shrubs established. There will be a point where the shrubs get too tall and we can't spray and I'm sure the reed canary will start to fill back in. Yah we'll do a video in the future!
Can you post an update of this area in August?
@PFHabitat
3 ай бұрын
I'm not sure I'll be back on this property this year but I'll definitely post an update at some point in the future.
Do you use a backpack sprayer and if so what brand model? Thx.
@PFHabitat
3 ай бұрын
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@PFHabitat
3 ай бұрын
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Did this on my SG🌾 in March under same conditions , worried it didn’t burn enough and gave the weeds a chance now to come back stronger . 🫣😔. Still ended with more Debris then I wanted
@PFHabitat
3 ай бұрын
Yah the peat layer in this situation made me nervous so we decided to play it safe and burn when it was wet underneath