On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:47:15 -0400, "George"
wrote:


"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
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On Oct 4, 9:25 am, "George" wrote:
"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message

Umm, we don't use weed killers on mountain top forests. You guessed
wrong.

I wasn't speaking for what goes on in your neck of the woods but I can
assure you that over here, for the first 4 or 5 years spruce were and
for all I know, still are sprayed with a relative of agent orange.

I was suggesting that some regions were overdosed whilst others were
not dosed or not given enough/too much.

Why would anyone spray herbicides on trees if their intention was not to
kill the trees? And what does this have to do with acid rain, a well
documented environmental disaster?

George



I've read of it being done in the Pacific Northwest. The idea is to
kill the broadleaf plants to let the conifers get started. I guess it
works if done at the proper dosage. The main tree crop there is, or
was back when I knew anything about it, Douglas fir. It is a fire
species, normally grows after a fire and needs full sun.