| PLANTING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP IN A NEW PLANTATION'S LIFE. PERIOD. |
| Planting must be done properly. It is the single most important step to creating a pine plantation. Do it right, and the trees will grow straight and tall. Do it wrong, and you can get crooked trees, spiral trees or even high mortality. The key to this is tight supervision of every step of the planting process. |
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| A common myth is that many believe we foresters plant only loblolly pines. That's not true. On one planting job in addition to loblolly pine, , Chesnut Forestry supervised the planting of longleaf pine, crabapple, red cedar, chickasaw plum, chinquapin oak, white oak, swamp chestnut oak and cherrybark oak. |
Tree Planting
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| Sometimes a forester gets an opportunity to learn and assist with projects a little outside of his traditional experience. Here is an example of that: This is a streambank reclaimation project along the Conasauga River. What looks like WWII Normandy beach obstacles are live willow and other species that will take root. What looks like logs on the river's edge are actually rolled coconut husks. The pink flags indicate trees planted by Chesnut Forestry--in this case Cherrybark oak and Swamp Chestnut Oak. |
| Sometimes you really have to stop and admire the view. Left: Bogan Peak, Gaylesville, Alabama Below: Weisner Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama |
| The Crew that Planted for Chesnut Forestry Feb-March of 2007: |
| "From Seedling to Sawlog"---and over again... |
| Sometimes I had to pull them out of the mud... |
| 11 Crewmen = about 2000 lbs....perfect for the Chesnut Forestry official vehicle...Murray County, GA |
| Sometimes the planting was thick... Polk County, GA. |
| ...Sometimes they pulled me out. |
| Reward for a hard day's work...a siesta with a view!!!--Cherokee Rock Village, Sand Rock, Alabama |
| But they were always agreeable and eager to work! |
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| Chesnut Forestry believes in "hands on" supervision of planting. Tim supervises the storage, pickup and transport of the seedlings, the handling of the seedlings at the planting site, and the procedure the planters follow while planting. Tim is with the planters, on site, the ENTIRE TIME. There is significant evidence that shows that even the best planting crew, when left unsupervised, can get a bit lazy. It is human nature, after all. Far from being a slave driver, Tim instead relies on friendship, example, and camaraderie to get a good planting job. Tim rewards his planters with a small feast at the end of the planting season, and tries to make their planting experience different and unique from the others they plant for. The result? One tract had 100% survival (according to the USDA, and others are faring nearly as well despite the drought of 2007!!! So, if you want a VERY GOOD planting job, call Chesnut Forestry at 706+936-0699!!! |
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