The basic method in an overstocked stand like this one is to select a tree with good potential for a crop tree, and release it from competition by cutting the trees around it on three or four sides. The extra space allows the crown and roots to expand, and the tree will increase in diameter quickly. Landowners can expect forty to fifty good trees per acre to make it to rotation on land like this, so helping a crop tree approximately every thirty-three feet is common advice for large sapling and small pole stands. (Thirty-three X Thirty-three =Forty per Acre)
Thinning early in the life of a stand allows a landowner to select the more valuable species and the best quality stems to dominate, and to dramatically decrease the number of years needed to produce a crop of timber.
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