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    Default Road/Field Privacy Screen?

    Looking for a recommendation on what to plant to screen folks driving down the road from looking at /shining deer in a field. The field edge has an old grown up fence line with scrub trees that are starting to shade out the grasses and weeds that were once growing under them. I want to plant some sort of tall perennial grass down the 600' field edge. I was thinking about limbing up the trees on the inside of the fence and then planting a 5' wide section all the way down the line. My plan is to plant fruit trees in this field and if I do so without a privacy screen the deer will become fish in a barrel to any night hunting activity. This is a rural county road so not a lot of traffic but the ones slow rolling at night are up to no good.

    Any recommendations?

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    Cedars and some time of Firs seem to be the most common ones I see. But if you are trying to plant underneath existing trees, I think some type of shrub might be your best bet. Rather than a grass.

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    The road sits down in elevation from the field. So I was thinking of something like this would be all I would need. Is this Broom Straw / Broomsedge?



    I don't want to completely block it out with something like Cedars, Leyland Cypress, etc. Plus it would be expensive and a pain in the ass to plant that many.

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    switchgrass..... grows 8 ft tall and gets crazy thick... stems about the size of a pencil.... perennial at that... really good stuff..
    It may be lonely at the top, but its a bitch at the bottom...

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    Frigid forage plot screen, unless you wanting to plant something more permanent
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    Good ideas. Thanks!

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    There's a Christmas tree farm in Saluda that sells Leyland Cypress' for dirt cheap ... I think I bought some 1 year old trees for $3 a piece a couple of years ago, he even rode an hour to meet me half way for pick up.

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    J Reb - think about the type of person that is willing to slow down and spot light deer on property that doesn't belong to them. These types will simply stand in the back of a truck, etc. to see over. I think long-term, if it were me I'd go with a taller more permanent barrier if it's truly that much of a problem/concern.

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    Egyptian wheat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by huntinghagen#12 View Post
    There's a Christmas tree farm in Saluda that sells Leyland Cypress' for dirt cheap ... I think I bought some 1 year old trees for $3 a piece a couple of years ago, he even rode an hour to meet me half way for pick up.
    My first thought as well... I'd like that info too if you can dig it up.
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    Go Eastern Red Cedar if you want to go the long term tree route. You can get seedlings from forestry commission. I got some a few years ago and they are already 5-6 tall. Leyland Cypress get a lot of disease in them, are trashy and will die off eventually.

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    I think DDS can hook you up with some 12 ft tall wheat for this fall/winter. There was some epic story about that years ago.

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    Have you thought about bicolor? A bonus is that quail like it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whackumstackum View Post
    Egyptian wheat.
    .
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    Quote Originally Posted by fuzzy View Post
    Have you thought about bicolor? A bonus is that quail like it.
    It will get thick and tall but it's invasive keep that in mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tjm84 View Post
    My first thought as well... I'd like that info too if you can dig it up.
    I had a business card somewhere but can't find it. It was Matthews Christmas Tree Farm.

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    Egyptian wheat, cheap an easy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stgswampstomper View Post
    Egyptian wheat, cheap an easy.
    Not sure what the supply is this coming year yet but it was pretty much non-existent this past year. Hope it's better. Suppliers were substituting another type of more expensive Sorghum for it.
    Last edited by ProvidenceSwamper; 09-09-2016 at 03:42 PM.

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    I recently did one with red cedar. We staggered them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whackumstackum View Post
    Egyptian wheat.
    ^this
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