Earth Day 2015
How could I let
an opportunity like Earth Day just pass me by without saying something about
it. Maybe plant a tree or five, and try
to sell some of my stock in trees to others who may be interested in doing
something for Earth day and as well Arbor day, which is this Fri. April 24 th..
Well to begin with I guess I need to inform you I have over 300 plus blue
spruce in the 1-2 ft. range that are firmly rooted and are growing nice, in
fact quite beautiful. As well I have a wide variety of other native Ohio
species to sell along with arbor vitae which although a shrub still offers the
same cleansing properties of removing carbon dioxide from the air as trees do,
but do it in a more compact manner.
These I will
sell to you for 5.00 per /tree up until Arbor Day for anyone that mentions my
blog while visiting the farm and picking up the trees. This is cheap and would
make a good windbreak as well would make a privacy screen, keeping nosy
neighbors at bay. Remember to call 811 for digging location services provided
for free by the Ohio PUCO designed to protect and identify underground utility
lines as well a quick look over head is needed to prevent placing a tree under
a utility line and later see the Asplundh tree butchers under the guidance of
AEP or American Electric Power company as they “y” or lop side your favorite
tree in the future degrading your curb appeal of your residence. Some pre-planning will go a long way to a successful planting of trees.
Trees should be
removed from the pots and a hole twice the size of the pot at a minimum needs
to be dug and the sides of the hole need to be scarfed up. Additional soil
should be taken out and the bottom spaded as well. Add some compost or peat in
the bottom of the hole to give the tree a chance to have its roots spread easily.
Another good thing to do is use the potting soil from last year’s hanging
basket and dump that in the hole and this will aid the tree in starting also. The
hole should be deep enough to create a well around the tree after it is placed
in the hole and soil is added from that taken out, minus the sod to bring it up
to the crown of the tree. The sod may be used to help form the well or a
recessed area around the tree which especially on hillsides, is needed to
contain water you need to properly saturate the roots with.
I plan on adding
step by step approach to planting a tree in tomorrow’s blog depending on how
things go with planting today. You need to water at least weekly and add some
sort of mulch, and at very least peat moss to the top surface to keep the trees
roots moist and conserve water. Peat moss absorbs up to 8 times its weight in
water and is considered a great soil additive enhancing root growth while
protecting from over drying. Make sure soil is firm around the tree as you are
planting and hold with one hand keeping tree straight up and in proper
correlation to the top of the hole and the crown of the tree should be equal. While
applying dirt with other hand breaking up lumps and occasionally mix peat or compost
in generously to the top or crown. The crown is the place where the roots end and
the bark begins. Make your well and apply a thin layer of compost or peat to
conserve moisture and water thoroughly
.
There is nothing
to it and the satisfaction of seeing trees grow is immense. Although I wasn’t around
when i noticed a pine tree planting along a road I used to travel daily years
ago. I mentally recorded all events with these trees, even talking to the owner
as they grew from seedlings to the trees they are today as they stand almost 25
feet tall in less than 20 years. At one point when they were about 5- 6 ft.
tall I understood the owner to say he was selling them for 80-90 dollars for a
dug tree. He never dug them as I guess he never was able to get that kind of
money. Today he would be hard pressed even with the machinery we have today to
even dig them as they are that large. The bottoms would be wrecked anyhow as
they were planted to close together. Another consideration if you want to
create a privacy fence. You may plant closer together with initial planting but
sooner or later you need to figure what the final outcome of your project is
going to be when the needles of one tree start to touch the tree beside it. It
may be necessary as in the case of pines to take one for a Christmas tree
allowing the bottoms to fully develop.
Anyhow if you are
interested in planting a tree or whole privacy fence I have some nice trees available
at a great price for a short time only. I will also post on craigslist at the
same price. Trees are the cure for excess carbon dioxide created by human
consumption of fossil fuel products. Do your part and plant trees to reverse
the process of removing CO2 from our environment. We still only have one planet,
do your part and plant a tree today. Call 2345213984 ask for kev. Leave a
message if busy and I will get back to you.
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