75 trees in 3 hours

[Knight9]

kmdigital,

I'd love to see a few pictures of your tree arrangement. Sounds very interesting.

[kmdigital]

Originally Posted by Knight9

kmdigital,

I'd love to see a few pictures of your tree arrangement. Sounds very interesting.

I'll see if I can take some pics and figure out how to post them. I'll try to get this done tomorrow, but if not, I will be traveling on business till late Sat , so maybe after that. Got to go to Toronto.

[8ball3290]

i went and planted 35 this past weekend... took about and hour or so. mixture of black walnuts, white pines, oaks, persimmons and elms. used a ice auger for the holes.

black walnuts

white pines



oak and persimmon

working on scanning an aerial view to show were i planted and what.. these were planted in the link of aerial view in my sig on the south side the pines to create a screen from the road... the oak and persimmon pic is the far east corner of south side. then i bordered the tree line on the south side of pond with oaks, persimmons, elms the fence row is black walnuts

[jdpharmd]

I did the simple hand method of a digging bar and tucking the roots in. 200 trees in 2 hrs last week. I have 1000 Loblolly to plant tomorrow with the help of some neighbors.

IF I read the the latest replies right, I should not mow at all? I don't want to highlight that tender trees for the deer but should I control the weeds by mowing?

Rookie planter; Rookie mower......usually not a good mix.

[Ridgewalker]

Update: I checked on my trees this weekend. It looks like all but 1 are alive and doing very well. I saw one with about 5" of new growth, all have leaves or buds.

Looks like I got lucky planting when I did, it's rained almost every week since I planted them. I hit them again with Deer b gone and plan to throw out some 12 12 12 the next time I am on the farm (2 weeks).

So far so good...

[3RRL]

Originally Posted by smfcpacfp

I have a sequoia in a planter in my sun room which I got while visiting Muir National Forest in California. I will keep it protected for 5 years and then plant it outside. Maybe 500 years from now someone will say, How did this get here?

Steve, funny you should mention that.
My property is located in the foothills right below Sequoia National Park. I had a rich neighbor who planted 500 Giant Sequoias all around the perimeter of his property. Well, they all died! Come to find out they can only live and grow in exacting certain climates and elevations such as found in those areas in California where they grow. This guys spent a fortune having those planted. Each one had it's own 10' diameter concrete planter ring and were irrigated individually, but they still died withing a year or so. What a shame. He's since sold the property.

[1bush2hog]

Originally Posted by Ridgewalker

Update: I checked on my trees this weekend. It looks like all but 1 are alive and doing very well. I saw one with about 5" of new growth, all have leaves or buds.

Looks like I got lucky planting when I did, it's rained almost every week since I planted them. I hit them again with Deer b gone and plan to throw out some 12 12 12 the next time I am on the farm (2 weeks).

So far so good...

Congrats on the new trees - just to give you a heads up, most pro's do not recommend fertilizing newly palnted seedlings until after a couple of years

One of the most important things you can do for your seedlings for the first two years, is to eliminate their competition for nutrients - tree mats, mulch, weed eater, or roundup should do the trick

Careful with the weedeater and roundup - don't ask

I planted 1000 seedlings last year and the severe drought hurt some of the hardwoods, but overall success rate is about 95%

Proper handplanting techniques are critical to success rates.