[gb70]

Good weather, and just before Spring. Got these 20+ year old Cedar trees for free. Just had to go get them out of a nice lady's yard. They are 10'-12' feet tall.

Tomorrow I will add the drip system to the trees. I will come off another zone and use a 25 psi pressure regulator, go from 1" to 1/2" pipe, and use 2 drips per tree. Later, weed barrier and ground cover rocks.

 

[Rod]

Where is the snow?

 

[Dave]

You can see it up in the hills, where it belongs. Heck, if that's north, it might be your snow.

 

[Rod]

Looks northwest to me so not my snow, must be Montana's.

 

[Alan]

Looks like Idaho's snow to me .

 

[Elcoman]

What is snow?

 

[1971 Chevelle]

Snow is the stuff that is 2 feet high blocking my hot rods in the garage.:yes:

 

[Dave]

Looks northwest to me so not my snow, must be Montana's.

You, mean NorthEast? Given the shadow is north........

 

[Elcoman]

Snow is the stuff that is 2 feet high blocking my hot rods in the garage.:yes:

That sounds so awful, this sounds like some kind of punishment. so Snow is bad, it must come from the Devil.

 

[novaderrik]

snow is good- it is the reason some of the wickedest musclecars come from the midwest. when you've go a minimum of 5 months a year to work on something, you tend to overdo it a bit.

 

[Rod]

Yes northeast based on the shadow, good thing I teach geography.

 

[70isfine]

How hard was it transplanting those? I could use some twenty foot trees to block the eyesore next door.:sad:

 

[gb70]

How hard was it transplanting those? I could use some twenty foot trees to block the eyesore next door.:sad:

I took a large steel bar after digging around the tree to get leverage to pull it out. I then took burlap sack and wrapped the entire rootball and tied that off at the trunk, be sure that there is enough soil inside. This is the best time of year as the trees are just near out of the dormate season. After you bring them home dig a good size hole, stand it straight, use stakes on 2-3 sides to stabalize it from the high winds until the roots are well established, then use a root stabilizer mix to help get the roots going. I added a drip system of two drips per tree that have the drips set at 2 gallons per hour. That is 4 gallons per hour with two per tree. Water (when irigation comes back on) for 15 minutes a day at that zone. I tied into a zone but used a 25 psi regulater before going to the drips. Last thing is I want to place ground cover down. The whole project is not that hard, but time consuming.

I placed a wanted add on Craigslist that reads, "wanted free trees, I will remove them from your yard". I had a few people reply and the lady I got them from just bought their home and is completely remodeling the back yard. She said take them out or we are going to cut them down and kill them. She also has 15-20 rose bushes I am getting Sunday. My wife said she wants those so I guess I know what I am doing on Sunday The Cedar trees I took are at least 20 years old and maybe 25 years. They will create some shielding for my detached shop. Looks good too.

Hope that answers your question.

 

[70isfine]

Yep it did. Good idea about the ad. My parents have a zillion Hemlock trees on their property i transplanted some seedlings last year and was thinking of going for some larger ones this year.