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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Apr 28, 2020 14:07:50 GMT
Most people forget that plants grow.
- So they plant too much when they move in and then they have to cut, dig, etc.
- Or they plan and the garden only slowly becomes what they thought it would be in the beginning.
Moral of the story: If you can plan and be patient, you don't have to cut down trees.
(A tree has a life expectancy of 100-1000 years, depending on the species). Kind of what I'm doing, With 12626.19 square meters it's a bit easier to plant a range of tree sizes as well as a few bushes, from redwoods to Poncirus trifoliata [including the dwarf "Flying Dragon" variety]. The trifoliate bitter orange makes a wonderful natural fence that tends to deter wild hogs.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on May 7, 2020 16:01:32 GMT
The problem I had was I planted too many, and too close together. Six feet seems enough when they arrive as a twig in an envelope. When you do plant them that close together they will compete for the light and get taller and taller rather than growing nice and stout. One problem I eventually had was I became unable to scamper up trees with a chainsaw, and tree surgeons are very expensive, so they grew and grew. The trees, not lumberjacks.
BTW: Any one want the 15 tons of logs I still have at the bottom of my garden? Apparently it will soon be illegal to even use them as domestic fuel.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 7, 2020 17:13:06 GMT
The problem I had was I planted too many, and too close together. Six feet seems enough when they arrive as a twig in an envelope. When you do plant them that close together they will compete for the light and get taller and taller rather than growing nice and stout. One problem I eventually had was I became unable to scamper up trees with a chainsaw, and tree surgeons are very expensive, so they grew and grew. The trees, not lumberjacks. BTW: Any one want the 15 tons of logs I still have at the bottom of my garden? Apparently it will soon be illegal to even use them as domestic fuel. Having once lived near an area planted for commercial timber by Weyerhaeuser, and also having grown trees before I tend to adjust planting distances according to the diameter the fully grown tree's branches will normally cover.
Even with a slow-growing olive tree you need to allow at least twenty feet [slightly over 6 meters] between trees. With coastal redwoods you need around 30 feet [slightly over 9 meters] between plantings.
Fortunately for us we can use the trunks from most of the junipers I've had to cut for erosion control.
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Post by benziger on May 8, 2020 12:31:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 14:03:54 GMT
We have a large front garden and have planted meny, many trees. However for some reason our neighbours don't plant them in spite of the fact that some of them heve very large gardens. I can understand them planting vegetables but I wish they'd plant tress as well.
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