This Cherry dropped a bunch so on Saturday morning the work starts. I'm thinking a good cord (true) out of this, this would be nice to get this winter so we can plant another tree in the spring.
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Backwoods Savage said:Zap, I agree that should be fun cutting that one up. You have some bigger cherry trees than we do. This one is really nice.
wishlist said:Zap, do you ever slow down? Lol... I agree with sav on our cherry in these parts. I've seen a few biggies but most are what I would call "medium" . I split a trailer and truck load of mostly cherry yesterday, splits easy, although you don't get that nice perfect flat spots for making the crib ends in the stacks like oak does. Looking foward to some pics on Saturday.
zapny said:smokinjay, that songs bring back some smokey memories! hh:
fv, we have some smaller Cherry growing on certain areas of our property so we plan on transplanting, any suggestions?
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Wood Duck said:Rather than planting I'd also look carefully for a volunteer cherry somewhere under the fallen tree. If you can find one that planted itself and you don't have to move it, it will not suffer any transplant shock and therefore will probably get larger faster than anything you can transplant. If you're transplanting why not find some acorns and heel them in? Red Oak acorns should not have sprouted yet so you can just toss them on the ground and push them in with your heel. White Oak acorns have probably sprouted a root already, but you can scoop out a little dirt with the acorn and the root and transplant. The advantage of White Oaks is that you'll know which acorns are viable. In either case, or if you decide to transplant a cherry, I'd plant several for each tree you want so in case you lose a few you'll still end up with the trees you want. You can transplant a cherry anytime, but it will be easiest to move them before they leaf out in the spring. After that you'll have to water more carefully.
lukem said:Hard to tell the size, but a couple of those log sections look nice enough to do a little milling on. Around here when cherry trees get some size to them, most get infested with ants, and then the woodpeckers destroy them. Hard to find a good cherry tree worthy of milling anymore.
Backwoods Savage said:Have at it zap. I have a feeling you'll do fine. Just remember that Saturday is a special day!
+1fireview2788 said:Zap, you've always impressed me with your stacks, your property, and the downed trees you harvest but you said something that has impressed me more than anything else. You are getting it out so you can plant another tree! True conservation at it's finest.
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tfdchief said:+1fireview2788 said:Zap, you've always impressed me with your stacks, your property, and the downed trees you harvest but you said something that has impressed me more than anything else. You are getting it out so you can plant another tree! True conservation at it's finest.
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zapny said:tfdchief said:+1fireview2788 said:Zap, you've always impressed me with your stacks, your property, and the downed trees you harvest but you said something that has impressed me more than anything else. You are getting it out so you can plant another tree! True conservation at it's finest.
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Looks like we have some freezing rain with snow coming in about 8:00 p.m. thru noon tomorrow, should be ok for cutting.
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