Planting trees

[BigBoxaJunk]

One thing that my friend told me was that when he planted a shelter belt of pine trees along the road that bordered his property was that he wished he'd planted only spruce along the road.

He planted mostly White Pine, as in your drawing, and he said that the road salt would make the White Pines yellow-out and die, but the Spruce, blue and white, grew much better.

 

[Dave A]

I ordered 100 3 yr old white pine and the wildlife packet from the DNR at Vallonia. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to put on the plants to keep the deer and rabbits from eating them?

 

[Mitch B]

All the trees we planted on our property were bought from the DNR about 25 years ago.

DNR: Tree Seedling Nurseries

 

[Rikkrack]

Here is a permaculture type way to keep them off. No man made chemicals if you are using animal bones that got no chemicals while there were living. I have not tried it, but many people in the permaculture world have and say it works.

Making Bone Sauce : A traditional technique for keeping animals from browsing trees

 

[teddy12b]

Another way to keep deer off of something you like is to plant something then deer like more than what you're trying to protect. In my case I like apples but deer will eat them all if I don't put something else out there that they like even better. I just bought 10 american persimmon tree 3'-4' high from a seller I trust on Ebay for $60 shipped. It'll add another food source for me as well and it'll give the deer another option besides eating my apples.

 

[ViperJock]

I ordered 100 3 yr old white pine and the wildlife packet from the DNR at Vallonia. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to put on the plants to keep the deer and rabbits from eating them?

White pine is Deer crack. Unless you fence them you will lose some to deer.

 

[Echelon]

One thing that my friend told me was that when he planted a shelter belt of pine trees along the road that bordered his property was that he wished he'd planted only spruce along the road.

He planted mostly White Pine, as in your drawing, and he said that the road salt would make the White Pines yellow-out and die, but the Spruce, blue and white, grew much better.

Never considered that, I had planned to stagger white pine with a spruce in an alternating pattern, but might re-think that if road salt has that big of an effect. Thanks!

 

[The Drifter]

When I planted out my yard with trees I contacted several farmers with wooded areas on there property's . So ,for free I was able to go in and mark trees I was interested in . I picked out three pin oaks 3 Hickories , and one linden or bass wood tree , oh and one young black walnut tree. The farmer let me go in and dig them out ,all between 5 and 8 feet tall , two weekends of work . Did this just after they all got there leaves . Planted them all 2o years ago and all lived and look great. Try a farmer for free trees. Maples are super fast growers to get shade but are weak in the wind , keep them away from the house.

 

[The Drifter]

You can see one of my Hickories in my avatar .

 

[Clarity]

I have a bunch of young fruit trees, and I am going to deer fence the whole area with 8' deer fence. I had wrapped each tree, but they are outgrowing the enclosures, and it makes it hard to mow and tend them. Plan to move my garden into the same enclosure, and plant a couple of nut trees, too.

 

[longbarrel]

DNR help is free? That is so valuable.

It is not free, if you pay taxes.

 

[Slawburger]

It is not free, if you pay taxes.

Maybe "pre-paid" is more accurate. Or you could think of it as being "bundled" with the other services you pay for, sort of like the cable channel you never watch.

 

[grunt soldier]

Becareful with black walnut trees. They are very pretty but will kill a lot of plants and other trees. Fruit trees especially don't get along with them.

 

[teddy12b]

Tomorrow morning I'm going to be planting the following:

24 hybrid willows
14 river birch
4 Russian almond shrubs
2 Methley Plums
2 Santa Rosa Plums
3 North Star Cherries
3 Montmorency Cherry tree
10 American Persimmon
10 Jane Magnolia


All of these were bought on ebay. All arrived healthy and looking good. All it takes is a well thought out plan, a bunch of trees, and a good shovel. You can plant whatever you'd like on your land and watch it grow.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

You can see one of my Hickories in my avatar .

Nice.

 

[Echelon]

Slow start, but got an initial order in. Planted 6 White Pines, 2 Persimmon, and 4 Sycamore. Still waiting for two more large orders.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Slow start, but got an initial order in. Planted 6 White Pines, 2 Persimmon, and 4 Sycamore. Still waiting for two more large orders.

Planted a root sprout from a friend's persimmon a few years back and it's just about ten feet tall now. Got our first bunch of persimmons last fall; found out the hard way that our dog will eat the fruit as fast as they fall to the ground.

 

[Echelon]

Planted my large orders this weekend, and "planted" about 300' of fence posts as well.

New this weekend:
2 Apple
2 Willow
6 Hybrid Poplar
4 White Pine
3 Red Maple
4 Birch
2 Aspen

Wife snuck in some random forsythia and other misc flowers and whatnot as well I think.

 

[Echelon]

Side note from this weekend. From the sounds of it, I have some good neighbors. Someone quite close to me to the west must have spent a fortune in ammo, because I heard them out shooting literally all afternoon on Saturday. Heard lots of gunfire from a different direction this afternoon, but not nearly as many.

I'm quite happy to hear so much gunfire out there, since I was hoping to put in a nice backstop near my western property line, since there are no houses behind me for at least a couple miles if not more.

 

[teddy12b]

It's the best feeling in the world to walk outside and hear neighbors shooting. It's reassuring to know that even the neighbors you haven't met yet are out shooting.

Here's a picture of an Apple "Fruit Cocktail" tree that I planted last weekend. This single tree has 5 different types of apples on it. I'm using this type of tree as a conversation piece, not for a primary supply of apples. For people with small backyards though, the cocktail type trees with multiple types of apples grafted onto one tree offers a lot because they're self fertile at that point. Just another tree for you to think about.