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Does anybody make cuts vertical to the root ball? Supposed to keep roots from spiraling. Saw on TV.
How do you plant trees????
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as you look out the path, you can see the dogwood "group" that I moved. This was like 5 or 6 trunks all in one mass.
To move this, I dug around it, scooped it up in front bucket. It was SOOOO heavy /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif that to help keep rear wheels planted on ground (and dont forget Brutus is a 89 hp industrial loader/backhoe that weighs like 16,000 lbs?)
Anyway, to keep rear wheels planted on ground & transport home over some uneven terrain /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I had to fully extend the backhoe STRAIGHT out behind me like a big wasp stinger. it was out as straight & flat as it would go. This tree & rootball weighed a proverbial "ton". Probably the heaviest thing I've moved. The post in mid picture, gives an idea as to general size.
Also, you can maybe see on FAR right of pic, another tree trunk (look above & slightly to right of lamp) that we moved and in the pic foreground, you can see the top 1/2 of another tree.
To move this, I dug around it, scooped it up in front bucket. It was SOOOO heavy /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif that to help keep rear wheels planted on ground (and dont forget Brutus is a 89 hp industrial loader/backhoe that weighs like 16,000 lbs?)
Anyway, to keep rear wheels planted on ground & transport home over some uneven terrain /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I had to fully extend the backhoe STRAIGHT out behind me like a big wasp stinger. it was out as straight & flat as it would go. This tree & rootball weighed a proverbial "ton". Probably the heaviest thing I've moved. The post in mid picture, gives an idea as to general size.
Also, you can maybe see on FAR right of pic, another tree trunk (look above & slightly to right of lamp) that we moved and in the pic foreground, you can see the top 1/2 of another tree.
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This is (I'm told) a Japanese Maple /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
This use to be over at father in laws & was hitting his house, so he was gonna have to cut it down. Wifey wanted it...
How to move??
WAY too close to foundation of house for my comfort level to dig, so, we strapped a strap (not chain) around it, hooked strap to front bucket and literally PLUCKED (or ripped? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif) it straight out of the ground. Just raw power to lift it, roots & all.
Kept it hooked to bucket, drove home with it dangling on front end loader, turned Brutus around, dug hole with hoe, (and tree still dangling like a fish in sharks mouth). Turned back around & plunked tree into new home.
This was 3 years ago & today...seems no worse for the wear.
Personally, I thought ripping it out of the ground (with no ground breaking w/backhoe was rather aggressive and we'd snap trunk in half. Though I thought it to be excessive, the results seem to be ok.
Maybe trees are more resiliant than we give credit?
"so far" (knocking on wood) most of the trees we've transplanted have survived. Only lost 2 or 3 that I can think of. (out of maybe 30 total)
This use to be over at father in laws & was hitting his house, so he was gonna have to cut it down. Wifey wanted it...
How to move??
WAY too close to foundation of house for my comfort level to dig, so, we strapped a strap (not chain) around it, hooked strap to front bucket and literally PLUCKED (or ripped? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif) it straight out of the ground. Just raw power to lift it, roots & all.
Kept it hooked to bucket, drove home with it dangling on front end loader, turned Brutus around, dug hole with hoe, (and tree still dangling like a fish in sharks mouth). Turned back around & plunked tree into new home.
This was 3 years ago & today...seems no worse for the wear.
Personally, I thought ripping it out of the ground (with no ground breaking w/backhoe was rather aggressive and we'd snap trunk in half. Though I thought it to be excessive, the results seem to be ok.
Maybe trees are more resiliant than we give credit?
"so far" (knocking on wood) most of the trees we've transplanted have survived. Only lost 2 or 3 that I can think of. (out of maybe 30 total)
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I saw that on TV about the vertical cut on the root ball and do it whenever I plant anything from trees to tomato plants. It seems to help. I just bought 50 of the Colorado Blue Spruce from Bailey's (only 9-12 inches high) and they are all growing except for the ones the animals removed (about 10). Anyone know how long it will take these trees to reach a decent size?
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Japanese Maples come in about a hundred differnent forms and are very commonly available in both red and green leaf varieties as well as variagated forms. We have several on our property. Some are very dwarf, some are weeping, some tall and thin, some look more like bushes. Leaf varieties range from almost skeletal to virtual fan shapes. Bark textures also vary wildly.
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Thank you Bob lol.
I know nothing about it/them. Just passing on what I was told.
It coudl be a petunia for all I know
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I know nothing about it/them. Just passing on what I was told.
It coudl be a petunia for all I know
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FYIW . . . dogwood varieties are about as diverse as Japanese Maples!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'm in trouble /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
we just got done transplanting about 15 trees)</font>
You think you are??? I have 145 pine trees on their way for planting as a future wind break! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif That would take a long time to figure out which way they should point. Besides....they are coming from Mussers in PA, and I wont see them before they are dug up.
Dave
we just got done transplanting about 15 trees)</font>
You think you are??? I have 145 pine trees on their way for planting as a future wind break! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif That would take a long time to figure out which way they should point. Besides....they are coming from Mussers in PA, and I wont see them before they are dug up.
Dave