How And When To Dig And Transplant An Eastern Red Cedar Tree Planting Privacy Screen Trees
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- Опубліковано 3 лис 2018
- Guys and gals, there's nothing to it. You just have to keep a few key things in mind. We've tried and failed with this several times, but finally learned to do this successfully, so we wanted to share our learned tips and pointers with you.
One of the most under appreciated trees out there. This tree is tough and can handle anything mother nature can throw it and only looks better with age.
They are an invasive menace to native prairie ecosystems. That said they make phenomenal living wind breaks for farmsteads.
It's also full of disease that attacks fruit trees. Plant white cedar not red.
I’ve surrounded my entire property with these same trees I’ve scavenged from all over, even in ditches… they are darn near impossible to kill, they are either gonna take or they aren’t and you nailed it on the rest of the video, some of the smaller ones I’ve just pulled out by hand, they grow in gravel, they grow everywhere around me! I’m lovin it! Saves a ton of money and looks so much better. 👍🏼
We've got a fifteen to twenty feet high wall around our entire six acres from these things now. I love them too! Glad you do so as well!
I also buy the cheapest bag of dry dog food that I can find at a discount store and toss 2 handfuls into the bottom of the hole before setting in the tree. Dry dog food contains bonemeal, bloodmeal, and some grains that make those earth worms just as happy as clams and you know what happy earthworms in you tree's hole means.......well fertilized trees. I learned this trick many years ago. Buy the cheapest brand dog food that you can find. "Cheap" and "expensive" dog foods come from the SAME COOKER at the factory. I learned THAT back when I was a long haul trucker and the shipper told me the manufacturer's "secret" when I picked up a bulk load at a dog food factory in Georgia. That load consisted of HUGE reinforced corrugated cardboard tubs about 6 feet in diameter. He told me that the only difference between the expensive and cheap dog foods were the BAGS. A certain company called the James/Rivers Corp. prints all of the different food bags and boxes that's used around the country. I found that to be true later when I hauled several loads out of 2 or 3 different James/Rivers locations. One load consisted of printed Kelloggs cereal boxes that I took to Battlecreek, Michigan. There you go.........2 secrets for the price of none. LOLOLOLOL. Y'all have a Blessed Day.
I enjoyed the video and would like to share my experience also.
I began reclaiming wild cedar seedlings around my property several years ago. Some are 10' high now.
There seems to two distinct kinds: those with needle-like foliage which grow dense and compact, and those with scale-like foliage which grow open.
When I first started, I made the mistake of planting seedling trees too close together. As they grew, they became an impenetrable barrier. However, one seedling tree I had transplanted was diseased, but I wasn't knowledgeable enough to see it. As the trees grew, air circulation and sunlight were reduced. The blight had spread through a dozen trees unnoticed.
I have learned that seedlings need time to develop their root system. I now search for seedlings under 2 years old. To add to that, I have noticed many seedlings within the woods are carrying blight, while those at the edge seem healthy.
To learn from my mistakes, I now replant young seedlings into a garden plot until the following Spring to be sure they're healthy.
One more item of interest: I learned about apple-juniper rust which can create a real problem if both trees are growing in the area.
Just transplanted 59 of these from a nearby railroad treeline to my backyard. Hopefully in 5/10 years ill have awesome free privacy.
Eastern redcedar transplants easily. No need for any fancy maneuvers. Get some or most of the roots when you dig it up. You don't have to dig an enormous hole. Just pop it into a hole about the size of a bucket, stamp it in well, and water. As a farmer, I love the redcedar. It is unsurpassed for privacy and has super-useful lumber and poles.
Of course, a bigger hole for a bigger transplant. My point is that except for larger trees, the info you read online about digging a hole 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep (a whole yard deep!) is nonsense.
Very good video. talkabout planting in the late spring and having to maintain thru the summer... I mulch in good AND take a 5 gallon bucket. Drill a small hole that a toothpick can plug. fill a bunch of them and take around to the trees. Don't forget to pull the tooth pick. use them as needed to keep the root base moist. Thanks for the Video and .02!
That yard is the PERFECT place for eastern red cedar! So much sun! Worms, too!? Excellent soil. By the time your young boy gets to college, those trees will be huge and nice! Great instructional vid!
In my experience, to have a good rate of transplant success, there are 2 additional things I'd recommend. 1) mark one side of your tree before you dig it, and plant it oriented in that direction again.
2) transplant, if you can, soon after the full moon, when it's waning. 🌲🌲🌲
why would the phase of the moon matter?
@@joemilton7552 planting by the moon phases is a old farmers way.
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Great video on planting the cedar tree, and helping it live by removing it from the underbrush of the forest. Thank you HOTG for sharing, Always learning, always blessings. ajg
Beautiful property! We have Oak/Hickory forrest and I love plucking these little cedars out and bringing them to the yard for sunshine! Your definitely rite, as soon as they hit the yard you can almost watch them explode! Thanks for sharing!
The colours of the forest now are beautiful around your house ,lovely .
Nice job, in 5years you won’t see the street anymore.
That's our hope. Hope you're having a good, pain free day, Hugues.
It was technical Sunday ,my propane boiler is broken an tried to fixed it ,but didn’t succeed .
So tomorrow a technician will fix it I hope ...I hope that it will be not to costly,it is a bad time for us for this kind of expense .
Now here it is 20h30pm and at 18h Pm I must take every day morphine ,one time in the morning at 6h Am and in the evening at 18h Pm ,the morphine works 12hours and makes my day barbel,so I can do something...but not for long ,morphine on a long bass shuts down your system ,so one month I take less and the other month I take more to minimise the negative Sid effects.
That makes that I have a hard month and than a better month and so on ,it is now almost 10 years I take this medication and it is controllable and I stay in +/- good shape alone the nights are painful ,I sleep in periods of 2h and walk up from the pain than walk around and go back to sleep and than back for 2h so one ...but at least it is not a terminal sickness .it is non lethal .
There are people not so lucky ,Kevin .
It is only CRPS (chronicle ,regional ,pain ,syndrome )it hurts very much,that’s al .
You to have a nice day ,it is bedtime for me here .
See you ,and thank you .👌
Great video, I always wanted to do that with Doglas firs or the Western Red cedars we had in the area. That's exciting the transplants are doing well, trees are always worth planting. :)
Perfect. I've got some great specimens I want to move. Thank you for the video!
Thanks for the great info! My husband and I normally do not have a lot of extra money, so I cannot afford to purchase plants and trees from nurseries and garden centers. I wanted to plant some type of foilage or shrubbery, and I have lots of little pine trees and cedar trees growing all around. It's awesome to know I can transplant them. My neighbor has a cattle farm, and he is kind enough to allow me to take all the mulched hay and manure I want from his pastures for my above ground garden beds, so I will also be able to make pretty mulch beds around the new trees, as well. I now have a grand vision for a new addition to my yard, and my next project to keep my ADD brain occupied for day or so, LOL.✌
Thank you great video helpful😊
I found one in Tennessee, brought it home and it’s now about 7.5 feet tall and so dense and full. Such a beautiful tree.
TFS, I learned alot from this video.im planting the Leland Cyprus trees along my line for privacy. This was a great video. I remembered your first video about the Cyprus tree .👍👍👍 I try this one too .
Thank you so much for sharing this! A storm broke one of my big female cedar trees and I was looking to buy a few of them but I’m going to take a walk around my property because I’m pretty sure I have some babies in the shadows that will be happy to be transplanted.
I love these trees and agree with Bluegrass Diggers, they are under appreciated around.
Good job Kevin, thanks for information on trees😊
Thank you for very educational and informative video, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Great job on transplanting the tree! I learned to keep the ground from the trunk out to the drip line free of grass until it became established to keep it from competing for moisture. But that may be from being in a hotter region down here. I so miss being able to garden and grow things on a bigger scale than using pots to have a facsimile of a garden. Thanks for sharing how you've learned to transplant trees in your area. The part about foxes and opossums digging them up for the worms and moles was new to me but I can understand how that would be what happens in your area. You're giving the trees a better chance of surviving to maturity by transplanting them to the open sun and I look forward to seeing the success rate improve over your other attempt since you've learned by trial and error. That's how we learn and gain knowledge and have success over failure. Hope you and your family have a great week!
What is the best time of year to prune an East in red Cedar grown outdoors? It’s about 2-3 feet tall. I read somewhere at the end of July but I’m thinking winter during the dormant season?
Thank you for sharing Kevin 🌲
Your place is so beautiful but with everything your doing there I can't wait to see it in years
I wish everyone in the world planted just one tree each good job
I have 7 in pots each about 4' tall dug up from dense woods on my farm. I have no choice but to put them at the edge of the woods. We don't always have multiple options you describe. I may thin limbs on the trees behind it for a couple of years. I have to avoid areas where my grandchildren may play barefoot. It drops prickles that hurt the foot.
I recently transplanted an eastern red cedar. I chose one with a triple crown on it. I liked the asymmetry of it. It put on 20 inches of growth this summer once it got the full sun. It was also being shaded by hardwoods. I think it got topped by a weed whack we as a shoot. I’m hoping it looks as amazing as a sapling when it’s mature.
Thanks, I have dozens of these I’m going to liberate and relocate to better sunlight, watering prospects, and better air circulation.
OH how wonderful!
Nice
I dont understand why so many people dislike the red cedar. It's a wonderful tree.
I agree. But in poor soil, bad transplanting method and improper care they can look pretty ratty.
Very helpful video!
Very informative, simple, method you show seems to be a minimal trauma to the tree. I did not know about the drip line area to gauge the dig. I have a damp drizzly morning, maybe I will Scout out some baby trees to rescue 😀
You look happier today Kevin
Good video again
Missed Daniel and Dearly today
Good Luck with your trees
Have you thought about growing some salad leaves in polystyrene crates , the polystyrene is good cos it keeps the soil warm, as long as you cover the top, you could grow them in your porch
Ps the uk clocks went back an hour last week!🌞🇬🇧🌈💫
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🌲🍃🌾🌿🍂🍁😄👍 Very nice man made forest there' crazy lake's yu are de man!🌿 now this Litile tree is going to be shown love by nature thanks to you!👌🌲💓 have you thought by chance? To feed them a feeding of mixed merical grow plant food" 🍃they will take off faster!👍😁🌿
I hope now' we will still be seeing an hearing from you in a few years? 😄 so we can see how big Yur nice trees will be" 👌😁👪🎋🌿🌲🍃
God bless you..I pray you all Will have a wonderful day!👪😁😄💞🌲🍃🌾🌿🍂🍁
Ty.❤
Loved your video! Very helpful!
Question 1) Is it lawful to take cedar trees growing in easement area between a road and someone's property?
Question 2) Can cedar trees be planted in large container pots?
Thank you!
Thanks for the video. Any advice on maximizing growth, other than full sun?
They grow like weeds in my yard.
I guess the trees like sunlight too. Yes! Sleep, creep, leap. I remember a previous video when you talked about this. Putting a guard around to keep out the raccoons and possums, is something else I didn't know. I knew moles and voles look for grubs, but I didn't know about animals digging up trees for this.
Notification squad 😎
Thanks.
If you transplant one that has only growth on one side and get it into full sun will it eventually fill out all the way around?
Can this be dug up and potted in the summer season the month of August? How about a route reduction if I want to turn it into bonsai
Great job! One thing I want to add, the best rule-of-thumb for planting or transplanting any evergreen tree is to only transplant them in months having a “R” in them. In other words May, June, July, and August are not good months for transplanting coniferous-evergreen-trees.
Hey I just got one and it's in a pot right now. I was just wondering when am I supposed to be transplant it in the ground and how deep does that whole have to be?
i have hundreds cedar trees on my land ! dont even know what to do ! lol
Can Eastern Red Cedar survive in damp/wet soil or does it prefer dryer soils ?
Do you water after transplant??
How far back from the road should you legally be
How close together do you plant them to create your buffer?
8 feet. Most say 12, but 8 feet makes for a thicker buffer and the trees do just fine.