Cedar Spacing & Switchgrass Prep Spraying

[sep0667]

This coming weekend I have a couple projects planned.

1. Im planning to hand transplant cedars along a border of my new farm. I have plenty of small cedars I can dig up and transplant. Im wondering how far apart I should space them.

2. I'd also like to try and get a jump on getting some switchgrass screens going. With spring greenup being a little earlier than normal this year I'm afraid I may be a little late though. Step one that I followed last year was to spray simazine before spring green up. Do you think this weekend will to be late to spray simazine? If to late for the simazine should I still give it a go and do a couple sprayings of gly and then broadcast seed in a few weeks? Or better to just put it on hold until next year? This will all be backpack sprayer and broadcasted. I dont have equipment/drill etc.

 

[habitat]

As far as cedars,are you doing 1 row or 2?I think about 8ft apart apart but it takes awhile to fill in.If you do 2 rows then stagger and plant one 8ft out from 1st row and in between.I did mine years ago and now they are 20ft tall.Except for the ones the neighbor burned down so I had to move new ones in with my tree spade.

 

[sep0667]

As far as cedars,are you doing 1 row or 2?I think about 8ft apart apart but it takes awhile to fill in.If you do 2 rows then stagger and plant one 8ft out from 1st row and in between.I did mine years ago and now they are 20ft tall.Except for the ones the neighbor burned down so I had to move new ones in with my tree spade.

1 row to start. 2 depending on time and finding enough to transplant. Doing all by hand so will be a chore.

 

[habitat]

I like to plant in fall also but as long as they get some moisture they will live.trying to move too big a tree without enough roots is what kills most.I usually dig 24-30 inch trees if doing by hand and drop 2 in each 5 gal bucket to transport to where I'm moving

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Moved hundreds this weekend. It takes about 30 seconds to dig one up by hand.
I plant them fairly close these days around 4'. I used to space them out more but closer creates a filled in screen quicker. Id say 98% survive. I prefer smaller ones. They dont get stunted and outgrow bigger ones anyway.

 

[habitat]

I have done some that close and if you want a quicker short screen that is way to go,kind of like with the CRP tree programs they expect some to have to be thinned.

 

[Snail3496]

Ive transplanted probably thousands of cedars the size that Rob posted pictures of. I'd say 4ft max then maybe thin a few decades from now, but I'm not there yet.

I also second transplanting the smaller ones, seems like 99% survive and thrive right away. Cedars are MEAN, great for transplanting