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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2020 5:36:37 GMT -5
Picked up my trees yesterday from the state 500 holes to go
I see some ibuprofen and a few crown and cokes in my evening plans today
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Post by parrothead on Apr 10, 2020 10:49:06 GMT -5
Hope u have a dibble bar
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Post by featherduster on Apr 10, 2020 11:00:23 GMT -5
That's what high school kids are for.
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Post by esshup on Apr 10, 2020 13:32:42 GMT -5
Depending on how big they are, a dibble bar won't be big enough. I've picked up trees in the years past that were 3 feet tall.........
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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2020 16:02:14 GMT -5
Got around 350 or so in the ground today will finish tomorrow
I use a tree spade I’ll post a photo of it
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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2020 16:07:34 GMT -5
Got a 100 each white red black oaks 100 persimmon and 100 Norway spruce
The spruce I’m planting in clusters to give deer a place to hide in during bad weather or if they fill pressure during hunting season
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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2020 16:10:53 GMT -5
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Post by treetop on Apr 10, 2020 16:21:14 GMT -5
It’s very close to that had no idea that’s what they were called |
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Post by esshup on Apr 10, 2020 23:13:00 GMT -5
I use a tree spade I’ll post a photo of it I want to see this!! |
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Post by treetop on Apr 11, 2020 6:11:00 GMT -5
Back at it at least the winds nots so bad today yesterday was a bit much
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Post by treetop on Apr 11, 2020 6:28:23 GMT -5
 My life saver sure saved a ton of walking carrying buckets of trees |
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Post by treetop on Apr 11, 2020 8:26:07 GMT -5
 This is what I use you spade a hole set tree and than kick it in with your foot |
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Post by esshup on Apr 11, 2020 9:14:17 GMT -5
This is what I use you spade a hole set tree and than kick it in with your foot Thanks!!! |
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Post by steiny on Apr 11, 2020 9:35:44 GMT -5
Good job !
I've planted around 40,000 trees on our place. You lose a lot of them to deer browsing, etc. but a whole lot more of them survive. Once they get rooted in good after 2-3 years they really start taking off.
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Post by swetz on Apr 11, 2020 11:49:25 GMT -5
My trees are ready, but I haven't gone to pick them up with the stay in place order and such. Hopefully, things open up some before it's too late to plant or past when the nursery will hold them for me.
On the plus side, I just learned about a Dibble bar reading this thread, which looks like the ticket.
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Post by treetop on Apr 11, 2020 12:29:46 GMT -5
My trees are ready, but I haven't gone to pick them up with the stay in place order and such. Hopefully, things open up some before it's too late to plant or past when the nursery will hold them for me. On the plus side, I just learned about a Dibble bar reading this thread, which looks like the ticket. Call them they will put them on the front porch at the nursery so you don’t even have to see anybody that’s what I did. They also told me to call them when I got there they would load them for me and I’d never have to get out of the truck this was the nursery up north |
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Post by treetop on Apr 11, 2020 12:36:45 GMT -5
Good job ! I've planted around 40,000 trees on our place. You lose a lot of them to deer browsing, etc. but a whole lot more of them survive. Once they get rooted in good after 2-3 years they really start taking off. I’d say I’m close to or over that between my house and moms but a lot of those we did with a tractor at the beginning. Dad made a crude planter out of a old disk but it worked good. Mostly I’m replacing trees that died or got destroyed by deer overtime |
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Post by treetop on Apr 11, 2020 12:40:07 GMT -5
All but maybe 20 are in the ground giving a few trees away so let it rain and than sunshine let’s get them going.
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Post by esshup on Apr 12, 2020 16:18:02 GMT -5
My trees are ready, but I haven't gone to pick them up with the stay in place order and such. Hopefully, things open up some before it's too late to plant or past when the nursery will hold them for me. On the plus side, I just learned about a Dibble bar reading this thread, which looks like the ticket. Call them they will put them on the front porch at the nursery so you don’t even have to see anybody that’s what I did. They also told me to call them when I got there they would load them for me and I’d never have to get out of the truck this was the nursery up north They have done that for me and I picked them up after hours. |
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Post by treetop on Apr 12, 2020 16:51:30 GMT -5
I believe the state produces some quality trees at a very low cost for us.
My only complaint with them is I wish they’re sell them in 25 or 50 bundles in my situation a 100 is a drop in the bucket when you figure 600 to 800 a acre but I think if they’d sell smaller packages they’d sell more to the guys with 2 or 3 acres that want different kinds to mix them up.
I know it would cost a bit more for labor and packing them but I don’t think they would have a big issue selling them.
They sell some wildlife packages but they have hawthorns in them me personally I don’t want a tree that’s going to take a eye out every time you get close
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