Planting for the future

[backyardtndeer]

Got my late drop persimmon and chestnut trees from whitetail hill in yesterday, 3 of each. The persimmon roots didn't look good at all, but we'll see.

Chestnut root systems looked much better, but trees looked dry though.

Persimmons on the right, next to my keiffer and bartlett pears. Probably going to take the cages off the pear trees, think they are big enough. Went with 5 ft tubes, staked with rebar on two sides of each tube.

Looking back from inside the edge.

 

[DoubleRidge]

As they say..the best day to plant a tree is yesterday...good job! I've got some I need to get in the ground myself.

 

[backyardtndeer]

With reading about deer destroying tubed trees, I went ahead and caged them too, with just a single t post on each one with the anchor removed.

 

[Chapman]

Looks good. I've heard bareroot trees can benefit from soaking the roots in water for a while before planting.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Looks good. I've heard bareroot trees can benefit from soaking the roots in water for a while before planting.

We took 10 gallons of water back with us, and slow soaked the soil after planting them.

I have had pretty good luck with bare root trees in the past, the 6 pear trees to the right of these in the 3rd pic were all bare root trees.

 

[Ski]

Nice job! Planting trees is my favorite habitat improvement. I just really enjoy it. I've done a few dozen so far this fall/winter and still have a few plums and pears to get in before spring.

 

[TNlandowner]

Great job! I agree the persimmon trees look like young twig cuttings instead of developed bare root stock. Did you contact W. Hill? Maybe they will replace them if they don't survive.

We direct planted 25 chestnuts with tubes last weekend. That may be our only tree planting this spring. Our February tree focus has been on tree thinning / timber stand improvement using hack & squirt with herbicide.

What did you add to the holes? Looks like epsom salt.

 

[backyardtndeer]

What did you add to the holes?

Mycorrhizae. Came with the trees, it did cost me a little extra.

I agree the persimmon trees look like young twig cuttings instead of developed bare root stock. Did you contact W. Hill?

That was exactly what I thought too, looked like twigs with minimal roots. I haven't contacted them yet, thought I would give them until about May, but might go on and send them an email.