Habitat Trees and Wild Rice

[LandDr]

I posted this in a couple other forums also...

We have some left over habitat trees and wild rice seed we would like to find good homes for.

Habitat trees - 50 cents each (well below cost)

Red Osier Dogwood (bundles of 25)

Plum (bundles of 25)

Chokecherry (bundles of 25)

Cherry (bundles of 25)

Black Hills Spruce - these are 8-12" plugs (dirt around root...all you have to do is use poke a hole in the ground and put the plug in)(boxes of 300)

Wild Rice seed - $2 per pound (usually $4 to $8)...in 50lb or more bags. Just throw seed over 12-36 inch water depths with mucky bottoms...it is that easy to seed. We have about 1,000 to 1,500 lbs left.

Located at our warehouse in Sedan, MN (near Glenwood) or you can arrange shipping if you need.

Thanks and let me know if any questions.

Kyle, PLM

[FowlSki]

Is it legal to take harvested wild rice and plant it in other bodies of water? I always figured it would violate AIS laws.

We collect it out of the bottom of our boats after duck hunting and put it in small private ponds and I always kind of wondered if we are breaking the law when we do it.

[LandDr]

You have to have a permit to harvest wild rice in MN unless you are harvesting from your own pond.

You do not need a permit to plant rice on your own pond if it is a private pond. You do need a permit to plant rice on public waters. The permit is at the DNR (maybe online too) and does not cost anything. It is a native species and the DNR isn't apposed to it, but does like to know where you are putting it. The seed is relatively dry when you harvest it and then you soak it. It doesn't carry any water from the site so no chance of transporting aquatic organisms if that is the concern.

Thanks for the question

[FowlSki]

Thanks for the answer. Interesting.

[BoxMN]

Hey Kyle, would the dogwood be good on a east facing hill in sandy soil? I read somewhere it is good for holding soil on hills, but not sure... this hill is right at the spot where it goes from "bluff" to just "hill". And full sunlight until about 3 pm.

Also how big are they? Like fairly cheap shipping or like trees that would need a forklift on pallet Also how much for the bundle, if you can say here, or please PM me.

We just have 100x300 lot and my wife has wanted some for areas on property line, and if it will work on sandy hill it would look nice and maybe help hold hill soil. I could probably find home for a bundle, or maybe two if they are real small.

Thanks!

[LandDr]

BoxMN...I would not recommend ROD in that location. They might grow, but most likely they would not flourish. ROD prefer heavy soils and can even tolerate wet soils (partly wetland types). ROD are great for deer browse and pheasant\turkeys like the small berries they produce.

I would recommend plum or chokecherry in the location you described.

All the shrub\med trees are around 18"+- which are really nice bare root stock. 50 cents per tree so that is $13.50 for a bundle.

Thanks!

[BoxMN]

DOH! I see now on the pricing, I thought "habitat trees" was just another type, ha!

Thanks for the info! Wife will be sorry the spot isn't good for it, but better to find out ahead of time!

Would you have any recommendation for grasses that might fit that hillside that might help hold soil? It is on a lakeshore, and I think I even have one chokecherry shrub there now, but will look at leaves this weekend to make sure.

Thanks!

[stacker12]

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