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11 comments:
THIT what more can I say.
♫♫♪♪When you say Bud-weiser.... you've said it all!♫♫♪♪
Have-a-happy Thursday!
Carol - Left over from yesterday -A lot of times, groups like "Friends of Trees" mean well but tend to overthink what they're doing. The trees they planted were deciduous weren't they??? No "Rocket Science" there but I can see where they could "muck" things up. They probably planted much larger trees than I do. My plantings are Douglas Fir seedlings.... about 6 inches to a foot tall.... just babies!
I have no way to irrigate and normally they do fine and it's not necessary. An abnormally dry spring and summer is tough on them but I just plan on replanting the ones we lose. There also is damage caused by rodents and deer but it's just part of being a tree farmer. This year I planted 200 acres on the two pieces of property I bought and cleaned up last year. Now I just sit back and watch 'em grow.
The good news is I woke up and it's on the positive side of the thermometer. The bad news is it's still cold.
Mariposa - Good morning. Are you working this weekend?
Mr Ed... the trees planted along the bike path were all mixed, most of them were pines but lots of deciduous ones too. Trouble was they were planted in April of 2012 and 2013 and they had to hire a crew to water them during the hot summer spells. The watering was not done enough and most of the trees died. How stupid and what a waste. One thing though, the slopes they were planted on look much better without so many trees crowding it. We saw their truck out on the bike path a few days ago so they are probably planning on another Spring plant. They just don't get it.
Mr. Ed Yup it's my weekend. They are calling for rain. After it snows and ices, then the rain moves in.
Mariposa - Sounds like a weekend to spend inside.... even if it's at work.
Carol - That's the problem with planting larger trees. There's no way to transplant a large tree with its entire root system intact so they're forced to survive with a badly damaged root system. They require lots of water to stay alive while their roots get re-established. Baby trees are tougher and really don't require much water because of their size and their entire root system is left intact. These guys are trying to establish "instant" landscaping. The only time that will work is in the early fall (after the rains start) where the trees have some time to re-establish their roots before they go dormant over the winter. The only other way is to provide adequate watering so the roots NEVER go dry. When the surrounding soil is dry the trees may require watering twice a day. You're right! What they're doing is stupid and wasting money. Oh well! We metro area taxpayers have LOTS of money for them to waste!
Mr Ed, the trees WERE little ones, especially the deciduous ones but all were just planted at the wrong time of year. The pines were a bit larger though. You'd think with a name like theirs, they would know a thing or 2 about trees! Oh well, as you say, we're all so stinking rich that we can just toss money into the fireplace.
Mariposa, I second what Mr Ed said, a good day to stay inside.
We have 47 now and no rain (yet) today. Not too shabby for the last of Jan.
Carol - My bad on the tree size. I just assumed they were larger. But, any tree larger than about four feet height is going to have the rooting problem. That's why I plant only baby trees during their dormant season.
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