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Planting trees now????
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:33 pm
We are finishing my build up now. Hydroseeding with Dune Bermuda on 08/24.
I had this plan in my head that I would plan a few river birch trees around my pond. A couple of crape myrtles at the corners of my house and maybe the end of the drive. And, the big one, some type of fast growing privacy tree (or something, I truly have no idea here) between my neighbor and I.
But here we are at the end of August. Am I screwed until the spring? Can some of these things be planted at this time of year and make it?
I don't have a green thumb. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TIA!
I had this plan in my head that I would plan a few river birch trees around my pond. A couple of crape myrtles at the corners of my house and maybe the end of the drive. And, the big one, some type of fast growing privacy tree (or something, I truly have no idea here) between my neighbor and I.
But here we are at the end of August. Am I screwed until the spring? Can some of these things be planted at this time of year and make it?
I don't have a green thumb. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TIA!
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Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:40 pm to OneAyedJack
Right now isn’t the best time to plant trees. You’d have to constantly water them to ensure they survive the summer heat and stress. But you should be good to go in Oct/Nov. weather will be cooler but the soil will still be warm enough to encourage root growth
Posted on 8/14/20 at 4:29 am to OneAyedJack
Fall mid football season
Posted on 8/14/20 at 6:33 am to OneAyedJack
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Hydroseeding
Who are you having do this? Also, do you mind if I ask how much per square foot(?) acre(?)? Not sure how one bids this, but I want the same thing done on my project.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 8:13 am to OneAyedJack
Not sure if you’re familiar with crape myrtles, but I have them on both corners of my house and I am about to have a crape murder. The one hanging over my driveway drives me insane with the staining it has done to my concrete. Between the leaves it’s dropping now, the flowers it just dropped, and the pods it wears me out. I blow my driveway at least once a week and it still has my concrete looking like a hot mess.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:03 am to OneAyedJack
Its also hard to find good trees right now (for me). If you need to get them, maybe you have an area protected from the heat a little? Keep them in their containers till mid fall, at least till it doesn't get in the 90s.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:27 am to OneAyedJack
quote:
Can some of these things be planted at this time of year and make it?
I’ve planted stuff in the middle of August and it was fine, if you don’t want to wait until fall. You just have to water them with the hose daily for 2 weeks at least.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:10 am to OneAyedJack
This may be too much to ask, but what about a
-Fast growing
-Short growing (no bigger than say, 15' tall)
-Nice looking
-Little to no pruning necessary
privacy type of tree that I could plant near the fence line of my neighbor. I have a rear/side porch that overlooks (had to build high after the flood) his rear porch.
Any luck checking all those boxes?
I'm going to try and get a property sketch done and post it to show what I'm looking at.
-Fast growing
-Short growing (no bigger than say, 15' tall)
-Nice looking
-Little to no pruning necessary
privacy type of tree that I could plant near the fence line of my neighbor. I have a rear/side porch that overlooks (had to build high after the flood) his rear porch.
Any luck checking all those boxes?
I'm going to try and get a property sketch done and post it to show what I'm looking at.
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