Redneck PHD / Tree Planter

[DMF]

Originally Posted by HappyCPE

I think you need the "OST Planting Bar" here:
Musser Forests, Inc. - Product Info

That's what I use.

[AchingBack]

Originally Posted by HappyCPE

I think you need the "OST Planting Bar" here:
Musser Forests, Inc. - Product Info

That is a great price on the planting bar. When I looked for one a few years ago, they were twice as much.

[tree grower]

I have planted a lot of trees with a planting bar, but success is often tied to size of root system. If you plan to plant seedlings (2-0, 3-0, or 4-0 stock) their root systems are fairly meager, and you can get away with it. But take on some heavy transplants like Musser's 2-3 or 3-2 , and a planting bar can't possibly make a hole big enough. I use a top quality round pointed shovel. Turn the shovel around backwards so the end of the handle is aimed at your breastbone. In that position the blade is vertical. Move to the side (get the end of the handle off your chest), drive the blade down with your foot. Lean forward on the handle, kicking up a clod of dirt, and slide your hand down to the gooseneck. Grab the gooseneck, pull the clod up, and slide the tree roots into the hole against the back wall of the hole. Still grasping the gooseneck, pull the shovel blade out of the ground, and the clod of soil will drop right back down into the hole from whence it came. Stomp hard to eliminate air pockets. Repeat 999 times. Many Christmas tree growers (but not all) really like the auger method.

[jgendr]

Originally Posted by HappyCPE

I think you need the "OST Planting Bar" here:
Musser Forests, Inc. - Product Info

Ah Yea down south that's what we use!!!!! And we plant 10's of thousands of pine saplings a year!!!!!!! You can plant 1000 in about 2 hrs with one of these LOL

[Champy]

Originally Posted by jgendr

You can plant 1000 in about 2 hrs with one of these LOL

Well - if you can do that many an hour, by all means stop by. I'll even buy your lunch!

[john_bud]

Originally Posted by Champy

PS - Jon Bud......thats my 15yr old in the picture not me. I'm 50 now and paying for years of racing motorcycles; baseball; skydiving; etc....with a bad back & knees....hence the auger hanging harness idea.

Well ok then, you sound a lot like me! Only I'm much younger (by 2 years!) and had different "hobbies" that have me hobbled up!

I'd still go with a shovel or dibble bar (we call them tree spuds). Actually, I'd use the 15 year old and spend time complaining about all the aches and pains while watching him work !

jb

[woodlandfarms]

Originally Posted by jgendr

Ah Yea down south that's what we use!!!!! And we plant 10's of thousands of pine saplings a year!!!!!!! You can plant 1000 in about 2 hrs with one of these LOL

8 every minute? Come on down to Washington....