Jim Boyd
Senior Member
Hey Folks,
OK, I am a little old to start planting trees – and on leased ground to boot… but I want to start the process.
My initial thoughts are to start with sawtooth and persimmons – 50 each… and do 100 trees each year.
Looks like it is going to run about $5-6 per tree once you consider the seedling, 48” tube, stakes, netting for top of tube, fertilizer etc…
I know some folks have turned away from sawtooth’s because they are not native – but I am old and they bear early… I def do not have time to wait 15-20 years for the trees to bear.
I am wide open to all suggestions as it relates to what to plant and at what ratio.
If someone knows where to get the supplies at best prices – please tell me!
Also, am I too late to plant them this year? – it will be a January project…
I am in the lower part of SC and we do not get many hard freezes.
850 acres, about 225 acres commercial tillable and about 35 acres of plot ground. The rest is planted pine in various age groups and mixed timber.
Many thanks!
OK, I am a little old to start planting trees – and on leased ground to boot… but I want to start the process.
My initial thoughts are to start with sawtooth and persimmons – 50 each… and do 100 trees each year.
Looks like it is going to run about $5-6 per tree once you consider the seedling, 48” tube, stakes, netting for top of tube, fertilizer etc…
I know some folks have turned away from sawtooth’s because they are not native – but I am old and they bear early… I def do not have time to wait 15-20 years for the trees to bear.
I am wide open to all suggestions as it relates to what to plant and at what ratio.
If someone knows where to get the supplies at best prices – please tell me!
Also, am I too late to plant them this year? – it will be a January project…
I am in the lower part of SC and we do not get many hard freezes.
850 acres, about 225 acres commercial tillable and about 35 acres of plot ground. The rest is planted pine in various age groups and mixed timber.
Many thanks!
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