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Question about placement of eastern red cedars.
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Posted by sbradley Kentucky-Zone 6 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 10:20
| Hi all. I'm wanting to plant a living privacy screen on the south/south-east side of my property, to block the view of Trashville next door. I have 1.6 acres, so I've got plenty of room. I'd been looking at arborvitae and various other things...but I was just on Craigslist, and lo and behold, there's a local tree farm that's going out of business and they're liquidating, and the trees are CHEAP.
So I'm thinking about red cedars. According to the ad, they're selling the red cedars for $3 each, and all the trees being sold are between 5 and 15 ft tall. They're in the ground right now, and will be dug when you purchase them and put straight on your truck or trailer, not wrapped.
So...am I okay to plant red cedars and/or white pines on the south/south-eastern side of the house? I don't want to block all of my morning sun, because I garden extensively in the summer. But I'll trade morning sun for a foresty view instead of the junkyard I'm looking at right now. Available evergreens from this nursery are engleman spruce, white pine, and red cedar.
Any opinions need asap, and much appreciated! |
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RE: Question about placement of eastern red cedars.
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| Not an expert but I would go with the Red Cedar as white pine gets so big so fast the are a problem in many ways at least in my experience.Sounds like a great deal and a good time of year for the project. |
RE: Question about placement of eastern red cedars.
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| Well, I bought 16 red cedar trees, each 6-7ft tall. Pity my husband, who has to dig the holes for these trees. The man I bought them from will spade them out when we're ready to pick them up. He's not wrapping them or anything. Should we wrap the root balls for transport? They'll be on a trailer, and I guess it's about 50 miles from the tree farm to our house. They'll be planted within 24 hours. Any tips and advice would be great! |
RE: Question about placement of eastern red cedars.
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| Good choice on the 6-7 footers instead of taller ones. Smaller trees move and reestablish themselves quicker and better. Have an idea of how big a rootball the trees will have when you get them and have your holes dug and ready to drop the trees into before you go to pick them up. The less time they are out of the ground the better. Help with at least some of the digging if you can. Sixteen trees of good size sounds like alot of digging even for the best of husbands. I'll leave advice on transport, wrapping, and watering to others who have done more of that. |
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