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Student forestry project
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:57 am
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:57 am
I teach a special education class. The kids want to grow and plant trees around campus as part of a campus beautification/science project. Also, they would be able to take one home to plant. I have a green house on campus that we can use.
I don't even know where to start. I'm a very capable backyard vegetable gardener, but have never taken on anything like this.
I dont even know which trees we should plant, what supplies I would need, should we start from acorns we gather or order saplings?
I think Im biting off more than I can chew. Any help is appreciated. Im in Zone 9/10 SWLA.
I don't even know where to start. I'm a very capable backyard vegetable gardener, but have never taken on anything like this.
I dont even know which trees we should plant, what supplies I would need, should we start from acorns we gather or order saplings?
I think Im biting off more than I can chew. Any help is appreciated. Im in Zone 9/10 SWLA.
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:02 pm to CoachChappy
pines are easy and foolproof
other good options are shumard oak, willow oak and if you want to try fruit, loquat
You won’t need a greenhouse for any of those. If you want to try loquat I can give you all the seedlings you can handle (I’m in Hammond). Bring the kids over, they can pull them, pot them and take them back
If want oaks, same. There’s probably 2000 seedlings sprouting on my place right now. Yank, pot, plant
other good options are shumard oak, willow oak and if you want to try fruit, loquat
You won’t need a greenhouse for any of those. If you want to try loquat I can give you all the seedlings you can handle (I’m in Hammond). Bring the kids over, they can pull them, pot them and take them back
If want oaks, same. There’s probably 2000 seedlings sprouting on my place right now. Yank, pot, plant
This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:33 pm to CoachChappy
Trees are nice but also do some flowering plants.. go online and get some seed starter kits with domes .. get some grow lights.. decide on some flowers so they can watch them grow quicker and then plant in the spring and watch bloom during the year … more immediate involvement and results.. I would do same with vegetables so they can eat there grown products and interact with them more..
For trees decide what you really want… pines are ok but do you want them and certainly not against the buildings.. I would lean toward ornamental trees and things I could put in a designated area so when they mature you can manage them and also plant other things around the in the future with other classes.
Fwiw … My favorite tree are the varieties of Chinese maples.
For trees decide what you really want… pines are ok but do you want them and certainly not against the buildings.. I would lean toward ornamental trees and things I could put in a designated area so when they mature you can manage them and also plant other things around the in the future with other classes.
Fwiw … My favorite tree are the varieties of Chinese maples.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:34 pm to CoachChappy
Try your State Forestry department or non-profits geared at the same. I recently ordered 5 trees to be distributed on Tennessee Plant a tree day on March 16 by Tennessee Environmental Council. There was a very small cost.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:08 pm to CoachChappy
Definitely order saplings. The Soil and Water Conservation District in Lake Charles has a bareroot seedling sale coming up on the 22nd. Trees are $2/each with a pretty good variety. Might be worth just picking them up there unless you want something alot bigger.
Planting bareroot trees is easy. The district folks there can probably even point you in the direction of the right tools for the job.
Bonus is they are all (except sawtooth oak) Native trees that they are selling, so we'll adapted to our climate, and you can educate them on the importance and value of native plants versus introduced or ornamental species.
And I would definitely be looking at oaks and fruit trees in that area. To hell with a pine that is just going to get trashed in the next hurricane like damn near every other pine tree down there.
Planting bareroot trees is easy. The district folks there can probably even point you in the direction of the right tools for the job.
Bonus is they are all (except sawtooth oak) Native trees that they are selling, so we'll adapted to our climate, and you can educate them on the importance and value of native plants versus introduced or ornamental species.
And I would definitely be looking at oaks and fruit trees in that area. To hell with a pine that is just going to get trashed in the next hurricane like damn near every other pine tree down there.
This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:37 pm to CoachChappy
1. Plant black walnut
2. Wait 20 years
3....?
4. Profit
2. Wait 20 years
3....?
4. Profit
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:10 pm to Cowboyfan89
Thanks so far everyone.
We are doing a vegetable garden.
I plan on doing crepe Myrtle’s next school year. We will harvest the seeds from plants on campus.
The trees are for the long play. My kids don’t often get to contribute to the school and community like their non disabled peers. I would love for them to get to be an old timer in the community and see the trees they planted while they were in school. I’ll get to smile down from heaven.
I would like something that loves wet soil. I’m thinking red maples. The cypress would mess up the mowers too much. We are definitely going with native plants as that is part of our upcoming unit on biology and agriculture.
We are doing a vegetable garden.
I plan on doing crepe Myrtle’s next school year. We will harvest the seeds from plants on campus.
The trees are for the long play. My kids don’t often get to contribute to the school and community like their non disabled peers. I would love for them to get to be an old timer in the community and see the trees they planted while they were in school. I’ll get to smile down from heaven.
I would like something that loves wet soil. I’m thinking red maples. The cypress would mess up the mowers too much. We are definitely going with native plants as that is part of our upcoming unit on biology and agriculture.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 5:02 pm to CoachChappy
quote:
I would like something that loves wet soil.
Red Maple, Green Ash, Cow Oak, Overcup Oak, Willow Oak, Shumard Oak, Nuttall Oak are all pretty good unless it's really wet (like, flooded wet).
And please for the love of all humanity, don't plant crape myrtles...
Plant some roughleaf dogwood or wild plum or something. Frick a crape myrtle.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 5:22 pm to CoachChappy
Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:02 pm to MrBobDobalina
quote:
1. Plant black walnut
2. Wait 20 years
3....?
4. Profit
Plant black walnut
2. Wait 200 years
3....?
4. Fail to Profit because they don't grow well in Louisiana
Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:21 pm to No Colors
quote:
Plant black walnut
2. Wait 200 years
3....?
4. Fail to Profit because they don't grow well in Louisiana
Exactly. Dude said he's in zone 9/10 in SWLA. Anyone that knows anything about that area in particular would know its highly unlikely that black walnut would grow there, much less make it to a marketable size considering the climate, soils, and, oh yeah, HURRICANES.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 10:40 am to Cowboyfan89
We've decided on Red Maples. They will add the best aesthetic to the school.
The Crape Myrtles are going to happen. Someone along the way Crape murdered our current plants to the point where we are going to start over. A local company has agreed to come stump grind for free. So, all new plants.
The Crape Myrtles are going to happen. Someone along the way Crape murdered our current plants to the point where we are going to start over. A local company has agreed to come stump grind for free. So, all new plants.
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