JUDGE1162
ArboristSite Operative
I am looking for input on species, size, spacing, timing the whole deal.
Here is my situation, I have a (weekend/vacation) house in Walton, NY (Catskills) with a large meadow at the end of the meadow is 800 feet of road frontage. Along this road frontage I am looking to add an tree line of Evergreens to serve primarily as a Privacy wall, there is a tree line presently of deciduous trees and during the spring through fall when the trees have leaves I really can not see the road from the house and you can not see the house from the road, but in the winter, the road becomes very visible.
2 year ago I ordered 500 sapling white spruces (from the local soil district) and planted them along the road and along my driveway as a wind/snow break they were 2to 3 year old trees. The problem is since I am only up on the weekend and not every weekend I was not able to water them and 95% of them died the road is 800 feet from the house so setting up a sprinkler is out of the question. I would like to give it another shot but wanted some input on type, size, things I can do to improve their survival, etc.
Some more info
Soil is fairly well drained, on one side will be the older existing tree line and then the road the other side is an 800 foot by 800 foot meadow. I can water the trees only on the weekend and figure there will be time when I may miss a weekend here and there so they are pretty much on their own and in full sun. The next limit is Money yes I could plant 50 foot trees and they would survive but that is out of my price range I figured I would spend a few hundred dollars a year on this tree line and I do not mind doing this over a few year to do the whole 800 foot of road frontage. I would like a tree that in a few years will offer some coverage so faster growing trees would be nice and ones that do not get more than 50 feet or so would be ideal as much taller than that would block the view of the next mountain across the road. I guess I could always just top the trees once they got 12 to 15 feet to slow the growth and limit their maxium size to save the view, but would rather not.
So I am looking for
Species of tree or trees
Size to plant
When to plant
Any special way to plant
Spacing between trees
Any other info
Here is my situation, I have a (weekend/vacation) house in Walton, NY (Catskills) with a large meadow at the end of the meadow is 800 feet of road frontage. Along this road frontage I am looking to add an tree line of Evergreens to serve primarily as a Privacy wall, there is a tree line presently of deciduous trees and during the spring through fall when the trees have leaves I really can not see the road from the house and you can not see the house from the road, but in the winter, the road becomes very visible.
2 year ago I ordered 500 sapling white spruces (from the local soil district) and planted them along the road and along my driveway as a wind/snow break they were 2to 3 year old trees. The problem is since I am only up on the weekend and not every weekend I was not able to water them and 95% of them died the road is 800 feet from the house so setting up a sprinkler is out of the question. I would like to give it another shot but wanted some input on type, size, things I can do to improve their survival, etc.
Some more info
Soil is fairly well drained, on one side will be the older existing tree line and then the road the other side is an 800 foot by 800 foot meadow. I can water the trees only on the weekend and figure there will be time when I may miss a weekend here and there so they are pretty much on their own and in full sun. The next limit is Money yes I could plant 50 foot trees and they would survive but that is out of my price range I figured I would spend a few hundred dollars a year on this tree line and I do not mind doing this over a few year to do the whole 800 foot of road frontage. I would like a tree that in a few years will offer some coverage so faster growing trees would be nice and ones that do not get more than 50 feet or so would be ideal as much taller than that would block the view of the next mountain across the road. I guess I could always just top the trees once they got 12 to 15 feet to slow the growth and limit their maxium size to save the view, but would rather not.
So I am looking for
Species of tree or trees
Size to plant
When to plant
Any special way to plant
Spacing between trees
Any other info
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