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[@pennylessplantation]

Nice planter. If it had a sod cutting wheel in front of your subsoiler the sod wouldn’t bunch up in untilled ground. Looking great out there.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Great point!

[@barbaraspan1437]

Nice back and joint saver! Your baby is a doll! So, cute.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Thank you! 😊

[@billpoffarl959]

Awesome machine. Great to see the whole family come together to build their dream. Also very good explanations on the process.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Excellent! Thanks for watching and taking a minute to leave the comment

[@BradMyers]

The planter appears to have worked great! What a huge time saver and back saver.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Yes! it worked great and we're not nearly as sore as we usually are after planting. haha!

[@bigtime37ja]

Now that's how you get the job done. Excellent work team.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Thanks 👍

[@DIYMyWay]

Hi Phil! I enjoyed seeing the whole family involved in the tree planting as well as seeing your mechanical transplanter in operation! Neat stuff! I hope you seedlings do really well! Thanks for sharing!

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Thanks Martin!👍 Planting days are hectic and we always need as many hands as we can get.

[@GrampiesWorkshop]

How's she goin'? Lot of work and prep, but it turned out looking pretty nice!!! It's great to see the whole family taking part too!! Take care!!

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Thanks 👍

[@HometownAcres]

It’s crazy it’s almost Christmas season again. Won’t be long til Home Depot, wal mart and Lowes have the decorations out

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

So true! Lowes here has had Christmas stuff up for over a month already

[@JAllyFarms]

thats a lot faster than using an auger! :) glad you got them all in!

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

for sure way faster. we did have to spend additional time straightening and tamping trees, but still this is much easier

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Great video. Very helpful for us new tree farmers Thanks for showing off the planting machine. You may already have a video about it but could you share the product that you use to dip the roots in

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Ecto root dip. Its available in smaller quantities on Amazon, but here's where I got it www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/products.php?mi=66402&itemnum=92964#:~:text=DieHard%E2%84%A2%20Ecto%20Root%20Dip,plant%20roots%20from%20drying%20out.

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Nice setup. Better then doing it by hand

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

you got that right!

[@matthewhayes7765]

Hi, the tiller you had behind that tractor to prep the ground looked tiny. Which is great. Because you're not tilling the entire field for no reason. You can plant narrow-ish rows and still leave grass between. Plus I bet it was no strain on that tractor at all. What make, model is that. Or if not, what approximate size tiller was it? I thought the smallest was 4' but that looks smaller (unless it's just an illusion, big tractor maybe).

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

its a 3ft tiller made by Caroni. I picked it up used and its working great. www.agrisupply.com/caroni-rotary-tiller/p/69924/

[@matthewhayes7765]

@@WoodsTreeFarm of course, I've just seen your video dedicated to it 😅 I'm an idiot. Thanks for the reply though. I can see how it'd be a benefit over trying to open up and re-compact sod. Seems like there would be more benefits than you'd think to that method (admittedly it takes longer), like the compaction wheels on the planter doing a better job. It must be easier to compact broken up ground, leaving less air pockets. And surface water run off. Rainfall must be encouraged to penetrate the ground where the trees are planted/tilled. Rather than running dow the field. Simply because of the broken up surface. Just a few thoughts. Cheers again

[@robustcross]

Great video thank You. Do you have success doing fall planting? What nursery do you get your trees from. Who supplies you with trees in the fall. Thank You

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

we do have better success with fall planting, but we're having soil issues and still have heavy losses with our canaan and concolor firs. I'm giving up on concolors for now and am doing a lot of work to improve our soil before doing any more canaan. This year we'll only plant pine, cypress and spruce as those have done well for us. We've ordered from Bosch's and Itasca Greenhouse for fall planting.

[@robustcross]

@@WoodsTreeFarm thank You for the reply and knowledge. Have a great/ safe season

[@RockhillfarmYT]

How are you establishing the spacing within the row

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Good question... that big red wheel at the back of the transplater is the measure wheel. It makes a loud click every 7 feet, and that's when we drop the tree.

[@daviddaniken7248]

A couple of tips from me if you're interested in tree placement / survivability / quality. #1. If you are butting up against a wooded area / fence line, your norway spruce should go in the first 75-100 feet of each row. They will do the best as far as filling out and giving you a marketable tree. Pine and fir will make a mostly one sided tree in these areas. #2. Great call in moving the concolor fir before planting. Fir trees require the very best dirt on your farm. #3. When interplanting trees to replace dead ones from previous years, we only go 2-3 years with fir into a fir row. If they don't take after 2 or 3 tries, we default to white pine. They grow fast enough to catch up with the rotation plan of the older surviving fir trees and are very marketable as cut Christmas Trees or landscape trees that are dug up. If you want to know more about how digging trees can benefit your bottom line, give me a call.

[@OutdoorsandCountryLiving]

Very good. We didn’t have the transplanter.. we had a spade. Lol. Great job and indeed nice straight rows!

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

that's how we did the first couple thousand trees, and we'll still have to manually dig where we fill in trees.

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Couple questions: does the transplanter have some sort of measuring device on it so you know how far apart the trees are? And, can you till in some wood chips to the clay filled rows to make some organic matter for planting next year?

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Hey Chris! The big red wheel in the back is a measuring wheel and it makes the audible 'clank' every 7 feet. I'm thinking some wood chips and planting winter rye, if its not too late for that, might help. We're going to soil test too.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

By the way, tilling in chips alone probably won't do too much for us. The soil on top that was tilled looked OK, but when the shoe scraped down 10-12 inches, that's where we could see the spongy clay, that's why I'm thinking I need to get something down that will grow roots real deep

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

@@WoodsTreeFarm maybe look into mixes that contain tillage radishes- they can grow pretty deep and might help 🙂

[@kellycassel7264]

How did the L3901 operate with the transplanter attachment? Looking to buy a transplanter for my L3901 but want to make sure it has enough power. Thanks

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Pulled like it wasn't there. No issue at all.

[@kellycassel7264]

@@WoodsTreeFarm Did you operate with cruise control?

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

We don't have cruise control. Just put it in low range, foot to the floor and adjusted speed with throttle.

[@ruralridez6165]

what is your spacing between rows?

[@bobklimple1740]

what model of Kubota tractor did you use to pull the tree planter?

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Kubota L3901

[@SchraderBoyzTV]

Hey Phil, can you give an update on how your fall vs survival rates were?

[@WE3HINES]

Your seedlings look great. Where did you get them this year.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Bosch's Countryview Nursery. Only the spruce were big. Everything else was pretty small. I showed them all in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIi8kH2Artufrck

[@watkinstreefarm6880]

Pretty slick. I must have missed it. Did you rent or borrow that planter??

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

borrowed from another tree farmer

[@dmalloy96]

That thing looks like it’s a time saver did ya buy it I must have missed a video. Nope didn’t miss one

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

we're borrowing it from another farm not too far away

[@brettgriffing2189]

Ban spray the year before planting and you will not have problems with your planter plugging up

[@relasker2532]

what model transplanter? That seemed an important detail.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Don't know. I was just borrowing it and there weren't any labels anywhere in it.

[@relasker2532]

@@WoodsTreeFarm Darn. But thanks for answering my question.

[@stuartmacdonald5729]

Hi, name/ model of planter? Want to plant 2-yr. Blueberry plants, 15-18" Above ground! Contact information 🙂

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Look up the planter from Kelco Maine. They're online

[@dominicruggiero2626]

That’s cheating 😆

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

haha! Sure made our life easier.