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Offline bushboy

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Alas hhb
« on: March 27, 2018, 08:50:09 am »
I finally found some hophornbeam here in South Western Manitoba!what's the best time to cut and handle?thxs bush!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2018, 09:30:59 am »
Wait for the sap to flow so the bark and sapwood come off on their own. If not, its very, very difficult to knife it off without breaking a ring, the back is muscly like many others in that family.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Alas hhb
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2018, 09:31:26 am »
I prefer to cut it in fall-winter or just as the sap starts rising in spring.
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