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Re: TH: Advice Please
Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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Grow19@aol.com wrote:
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> Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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> I direct a community gardening program in DC and am providing some advice to
> a community development organization that is getting trees from the Natl Tree
> Trust, and now I need advice. NTT will provide the trees in Spring 1998.
> They are 1 year old seedlings of four varieties -- willow oak, redbud, red
> maple, and white pine -- 100 of each.
>
> We will need to prepare a plan for their location and have developed two
> possible scenarios. Now we need some guidance due to the very young age of
> the seedlings:
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> 1. We pick permanent locations for the trees -- in parks, in public housing,
> at community organizations, etc. and put the trees there when we get them.
> If so, what kind of protection would be best for them and for how long, so
> that they survive well.
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> 2. We decide they are too small to be put in their permanent location, so we
> pick a place to create a tree bank and plant them there for some time first.
> Is this a better idea? How long should they be protected in a tree bank
> before transplanting? How long will be too long, after which the trees would
> be too hard to move safely, using ordinary volunteer person-power, not
> commercial tree moving equipment.
>
> I welcome any and all advice. Thanks, Judy Tiger, GROW19@aol.com
Hi Judy
Lansing Mi. faced the same question as your group. We have for many
years run a several tree nurserys where small trees are planted and
grown to a size deemed suitable for street tree and park use. We harvest
and replant these trees using a tree spade but with care the trees can
be moved bare root. We plant bare root trees up to 2" caliper with an
85%+ survival rate which when compared to planting smaller trees into
the same environment is very good. The smaller trees are much more
easily killed by loving people and playfull dogs.
Paul Dykema
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