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77GreenMachine

Phillip Talton
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I am fixing to plant 20 arborvitae green giant tress in hopes it will help my house sale.

I need to dig the holes about 20"-24" wide and about 10" deep. At this point I'm planning to use an 8" auger and run two holes side by side and dig it on out with a shovel.

Does anyone here have a bigger auger or something that's local to the Thomasville that's willing to make this faster and less back breaking?


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Leland's is the ticket, the abrovates grow super slow, I planted mine one shovel handle spaced, two years the were solid and 8 ft tall
 
The hole needs to be 20-24" wide.

I was going to get lelands, but in this area I'm hearing more about them getting diseases and dying.

The giant ones grow as fast as a Leland. I've already bought 10 that I pick up tomorrow, waiting on the other 10 to arrive later this week.


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Buy a GOOD shovel with the large foot ledges. Take your angle grinder to the edge of your shovel and make it sharp.

You owe me a beer:):beer:
 
Remembering back to childhood, for privacy, we used to plant what we called Red-tips bushes. Grew super quick and needed little care.
 
I planted 50 about 4' tall of the Green Giants on one side of my property 6-7 years ago on a staggered 7' pattern. All the trees survived and are over 25' tall and filled in very well. The Green Giant is a much healthier and longer lasting tree over the Leland Cypress.
 
In my limited knowledge Lelands get a blight or something and take a ton of work to keep alive and health. Green giant grows a little slower bilut not by much and it extremely hearty.
 
So who's got a skid steer attachment or something to help me dig all these holes? Will make it worth someone's time.


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What size pots are your trees in? 15 gal or 7 gal?
 
5 gal


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That would work. Ideally a skid steer with a big auger attachment. Could have all the holes done in 20 minutes. But I hate to pay a rental company 400-500 for it. Was hoping someone had something like that here for cheaper.


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True. But thought I'd see if a fellow NC4x4 member would happen to have a tractor attachment or something and willing to help.


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Rent on a weekend and you usually have it for 2 days for a fairly decent price.

$500... That's almost a day's worth of work. How long is it going to take you to do all those holes by yourself?


I'd rent the equipment and be done. Find other needs for it while you have it... Spread mulch, move some dirt, whore it out to your buddies, etc.
 
Yeah it won't be the worst thing ever. Just thought I'd ask.


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Ive got the tractor, just not the auger and PTO drive ( $540ish total at AgriSupply for drive and 12" auger ) So, let that guide you one way or another over rental or otherwise.

I'll hopefully be doing the same this late summer, early fall, just need to take care of a few other things before i buy the equipment and trees ( i'll be dropping approx 25-30, haven't completely measured it out yet, but it looks like at least that many )

our windbreak was cut down last summer, its been very noticeable since. not happy about it, but the only thing I can do is plant on MY side of the line and wait.
 
Since we're already here, can someone say a few more words about why I should consider the Green Giant as opposed to Leylands? I'm on the edge of pulling the trigger for this same kinda project but keep arguing with myself over which species to use.

If it makes a difference, I plan on buying/using 4-5' trees that have an actual root ball and not just a spindly little sapling.
 
tkeaton said:
Since we're already here, can someone say a few more words about why I should consider the Green Giant as opposed to Leylands? I'm on the edge of pulling the trigger for this same kinda project but keep arguing with myself over which species to use.

If it makes a difference, I plan on buying/using 4-5' trees that have an actual root ball and not just a spindly little sapling.
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I was dead set on Lelands till I was told about he disease and realized that's why I see many dying.

Lelands were $32.50 for 2'-3'

Green Giants were $24.99 for 4'-5'

My understanding with my google degree is they withstand wind better, grow as faster or faster, have bigger spread and are not prone to being eat by deer or getting disease like the lelands.
 
Ok so pizza and Mountain Dew with donuts and lots of crap talking and laughs at my house next Saturday for anyone who wants to come dig a hole. [emoji487][emoji3]


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