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- As I was planting christmas tree seedlings, I thought I'd share a few observations I've had about planting with a shovel vs a planting bar or dibble bar. For bigger tree transplants, you'll probably find a shovel to be better while the smaller trees can easily be planted with a dibble bar. Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
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We plant 5k trees a year by hand, if we were to plant with a shovel, like you showed or creating a huge dibble bar hole, it would take weeks to plant. We make as small a hole as possible, being careful not to J roots, dibble it closed and kick it in tight. My team of 6 can plant 1800 to 2000 a day in a new field that is tilled or 1500 a day in an existing field, planting between 4 to 5 year old trees.
wow, that's wild.. took me so long just to plant 150 trees doing the shovel method but maybe I should try with a dibble bar.
Yeah I watched a crew planting trees with a dibble bar several years ago in some rough ground. Amazing how fast they planted it
My trees just arrived today!!!! Thanks for the tips
I discovered a way to use a shovel like a dibble bar since I don't have a dibble bar. I push the shovel in full depth and make a slot. Then pull it out and push it in 90 degrees from the first slot with the edge of the shove meeting an edge of the first slot. Pull the handle back to loosen a plug of dirt creating a large opening in the corner where the two slots meet. Stick the tree in and stomp the plug against the tree and it's done. The last couple years the ground has been wet so it worked well.
Sounds like it could certainly work. Thanks for sharing
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Great advice thanks for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the info.
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VERY GOOD AND INFORMATIVE, THANKS!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
I just got done planting 1100 trees we used auger’s. Started with a 12 inch went to a 6 inch, I hired a friend to do it, he drilled way too deep, about 30 inches and I wanted them around 12 to 18 inches. Had to back fill a lot. 100 walnut 100 pecan and 900 hundred oak, eight varieties of oak. I’m in central Indiana
You can use a shovel and make a "T" , first you make a vertical slice, then a horizontal one, then you lift up the horizontal slice and it opens up the hole, after you opened the hole, you shove the tree in... If I lost you I can send you a video of how we did it 😂
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@@WoodsTreeFarm it's the cheep way when you don't have a planting bar 🤣
I have seen people use the dibble bar the whole time, using it to make the hole and also a wedge on the side to push the soil against the sapling as well. You're like me though, very precise and thinking of every thing that might happen. You can make the planting hole, stick the dibble bar on the edge in ground for a moment, then grab your sapling and hold it while you then use the dibble bar to wedge the soil against it.
Alright you got me on this video. But... check out clear cut tree timber harvesting. And how they manually hand plant trees. Time is money and of the essence. Always remember Green side up !
G’day mate. We are planning to plant 300 macadamia trees in May. Hopefully it will all work out. The trees going in are bigger than the ones you are planting. A hired dingo mini loader with auger will be used to dig the holes.
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Sounds great! I've seen a lot of guys use an auger for tree planting. Should work out fine as long as the root ball or cluster isn't bigger than the hole!
Thanks for the demo. We use a larger dibble with pointed end. Putting seedlings into a slotted hole always bothered me. Looks like I need to build a bigger hole by rocking the dibble a little more.
It just depends on how you trim the roots. The slotted hole is fine if the roots are trimmed to prevent them from bending as they are placed in the hole. It also depends on how long it will take for the tree to reach harvest.
You can go *some* wider with a trench spade, but using the same technique as the dibble bar.
Nice, I'd also find out if there's cheap or free compost in the area and add half a shovel of compost to each seedling's roots when planting and see later on if the difference of growth was worth the extra effort.
Another test - I'd plant some trees as usual but not stomping them after planting and see if that makes any difference, because I'm thinking the roots might get some damage and firming them up with the hands might be enough.
Digging big holes as you suggest isn't productive when you plant hundreds of seedlings. We crack, poke and pack each seedling.
Depends on the size of the root mass. This spring we dibbled about 400 pines and shoveled 150 larger cypress
Thanks for showing us how you do it. Sorry, I know this is an old video, but I'm slowly working my way through your library. Just wondering what was farmed on this land before you owned it?
To the best of my knowledge, just cattle and hay
It would be interesting to see whether you found the smaller or larger trees/ saplings adapted better than the others. I’d guess the smaller trees adapted quicker, but keen to hear your experience
can't say I've broken it down that way. We've already switched up so many other variables, such as how we prep the soil, fertilization and time of year when we plant. That could be something to look into in the future though. Thanks for the comment.
It's best just to remove clay chunks entirely, or return to bottom of hole. Mix any amendments with backfill rather than depositing on bottom which could cause drainage issues.
Trees only produce tap Roots first two years then horizontal Roots take over. So it's best to firm down bottom of hole rather than assuming loosening will promote deeper taproot growth.
It's imperative that all roots are radially stretched out horizontally away from the taproot, similar to guy wires holding up a tower antenna. Otherwise misdirected root gets larger growing in the wrong direction unable to keep tree standing.
Root prune any kinked or circling roots back to where they were straight.
You Definitely started off with the right idea, which is continually observing which methods do and don't work each year. Try never to do everything the same way because if that same way did not work then that year's crop could be a total failure. Enjoy!
What was in the bucket that you dipped the roots into before you planted?
That's a root dip gel. Here's a product link on Amazon amzn.to/2WoYjiq. It goes a long way. You only use 1.5oz of product for 500-600 trees. Its suppose to help with establishing beneficial fungi, and retaining moisture on the roots.
Are you having to water these little trees every week?
Yes, if we don't get rain at least every 7-10 days (depending on temps) then we'll water.
Hey, thanks for the video. Heads up, many of the affiliate links are no longer accurate/working. Would be great to get an updated list of links for products.
Thanks for the heads up. Will get that updated soon.
Good info! Have you noticed and initial growth difference between the bare root tree versus the greenhouse plug trees?
Too early to tell. Our first plugs went in the ground in the fall, so we'll monitor this spring to see how they do shooting new growth
Is March too early to plant pine seedlings? Do you need to wait till after last frost? Am in Virginia zone 6.
Not at all. I planted some today.
Getting ready to do 300 next week in Ohio.
good luck!
Hi. Excellent video. I just planted white flowering dogwoods. The same size. Seedlings 🌱 In April.. out of 9 I only have 3 that have produced green leaves. But they are all alive. Any info on the growing progress. Like maybe by end of summer???? I should see some more Growth ??? And also could u help me know what to expect as far as highth in the next few years ??? Thank u
sorry, I don't have any experience with dogwoods so I don't know what to tell you.
@@WoodsTreeFarm ok thanks anyway spud
What kind of root gel are you using?
I use the ecto root dip like this stuff amzn.to/39HRBNc .... you can get larger containers of it too.
@@WoodsTreeFarm thank you sir.
I don't know what size your farm is, but it must be relatively small. The way you are planting is perfect for small farms and if you don't have to hire workers.
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