Fall is the time for some tree planting!

[Diggin It]

Bartlett pears aren't bad, I wonder if you're confusing them with Bradford or Cleveland pears which have the problems mentioned above.

That's what i was thinking. Clevelands grow wild around here and I've kept a few because of how showy they are. Nice white blooms in Spring and bright orange and red leaves in Fall. Wicked thorns though. They're tougher than Bradfords too as far as wind, but I lost one big branch in a windstorm this year.

 

[oosik]

Spring is the time for planting trees and shrubs around here. In the fall the ground is just bone dry and I've lost most trees planted then - plus the pocket gophers are merciless that time of year.

Plus watering in the fall seems to go against Nature's plan around here. Everything is shutting down for the coming winter.

 

[Diggin It]

Spring is the time for planting trees and shrubs around here. In the fall the ground is just bone dry and I've lost most trees planted then - plus the pocket gophers are merciless that time of year.

Plus watering in the fall seems to go against Nature's plan around here. Everything is shutting down for the coming winter.

As I understand it, the plants can work on the root system instead of having to supply energy to the leaves. Supposedly make the roots stronger for the next Spring. Fall or late Winter/pre-Spring is when I've been moving wild tree sprouts for a while and it seems to be working out for the most part. Some of the ones moved in pre-Spring started out OK, but died off in Summer when things dried out apparently because they weren't able to get a good root system going. Others did fine.

 

[BlackOps]

i liked leyland too - they are dense and grow fats but in TN they get bagworms so badly and you have to use toxic systemics to kill them when the trees get 30' plus. due to spray reach. they die quickly after a number of years too - i planted maybe 75-100 and lost many of them and that was to hide my place.... so now i have to plant other stuff to hope they grow fast enough to hide my land and then remove the dead leyland to plant something else in their place so a big cost all the way around and a real pain.

 

[dalola]

I've always said, want to see folks who care about future generations? Watch who's planting trees. ;-)

I like the hardwoods & spruces here in OH, we usually plant varieties of maple, oak, and hickory, along with norway & black hill spruce. Many we start from seeds & pots, and put in the ground in the fall at year three. I think they adapt & root in better when planted small & young. Of course, it's more care, & the payout takes a lot longer, but as mentioned earlier, these are not for me. All of our kids & grand kids have trees planted "for them" that they get to watch grow along side themselves.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
In the long run it seems like those smaller trees catch up, as the transplanting isn't such a shock to their system. We don't need to plant trees here, generally they come in on their own... a little thicker than they needed too.