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sixdogs · 04-06-2008, 10:02 PM

Well, the safety police are on that one because it looks dangerous. Having nearly killed myself six times over 60 years I would like to suggest a different approach.
Since the field is already plowed and disked, why not just get a 3 pt hitch cultivator and put a "shovel" on it. I did this before and used a 12 or 15 inch cultivator "shovel" I bought from a mail order farm store for $15. Put it on my one row cultivator. Made a deep--8-10 inch-- groove in my prepared soil and had some high school kids plant the trees and stomp dirt on top. Didn't lose a seedling.
A relative of mine does a lot of trees and recently tried this approach and liked it.

04-06-2008, 10:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
sixdogs Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: central Ohio Posts: 439	Re: Redneck PHD / Tree Planter Well, the safety police are on that one because it looks dangerous. Having nearly killed myself six times over 60 years I would like to suggest a different approach. Since the field is already plowed and disked, why not just get a 3 pt hitch cultivator and put a "shovel" on it. I did this before and used a 12 or 15 inch cultivator "shovel" I bought from a mail order farm store for $15. Put it on my one row cultivator. Made a deep--8-10 inch-- groove in my prepared soil and had some high school kids plant the trees and stomp dirt on top. Didn't lose a seedling. A relative of mine does a lot of trees and recently tried this approach and liked it. __________________ ****** sixdogs "Make sure you sell all the puppies before your wife gets attached to them"