Growing Trees

[rapidlee]

grow ornamentals/posh persons trees. maybe make a laburnum/wisteria arch in pots and in 5 10 years growth=big money. have been lookin into doing it myself. i have the use of a field and was going to fence it from deer and rabbits then grow some for a later date maybe a retirement fund or something.

[Dean Lofthouse]

. have been lookin into doing it myself. i have the use of a field and was going to fence it from deer and rabbits then grow some for a later date maybe a retirement fund or something.

 

Exactly what I'm thinking lee.

 

Trouble is growing things and grafting etc are totally alien and will be a whole new learning curve, unless of course we do as suggested and buy them as plugs and as they grow, so does your investment, its just time and space that is needed, I have plenty of space, it's the time that might be a problem

[rapidlee]

Exactly what I'm thinking lee.

 

Trouble is growing things and grafting etc are totally alien and will be a whole new learning curve, unless of course we do as suggested and buy them as plugs and as they grow, so does your investment, its just time and space that is needed, I have plenty of space, it's the time that might be a problem

 

take cuttings off good specimen you work on so you know they will be worth it.

[MattyF]

Mix up I suppose.

 

Certainly have some Christmas trees in there.

 

Have you got a market for them then mark?? been offered 9 acres of them to thin ,wondering if christmass time would be good to do it!

[Mark Bolam]

It's mental down here in Kent from about 2nd week in December.

 

£30-£40 for six-footers (unpotted).

 

Keep meaning to get my mate to fetch a load of tops down from Kielder when he comes down for the Christmas shoot, but we always get sidetracked...

[Saw-sick Steve]

Exactly what I'm thinking lee.

 

Trouble is growing things and grafting etc are totally alien and will be a whole new learning curve

Give it a go, you may find that you've got a natural aptitude for this work - I know I did! I just found horticulture to be a bit limiting, so went back to agriculture and tree work, but it does seem to be true - some people do have 'green fingers'.

[mdvaden]

Check out mycorrhizal fungi too. Maybe it was mentioned already. See the photo, for example, that I added to this page:

 

Redwood roots and mycorrhizae

 

All you need to do if find a local supplier. Not sure if the one outfit I listed on the page ships to the UK, but if he did, odds are it would be to a commericial business or nursery.

 

[arbclimber]

Dean, Planting and growing trees is so much more relaxing than cutting the things down. Doing stuff like that can seem like you have knocked your whole life down a gear. No noise, no useless staff and no customers asking stupid questions. Go for it. From what i've read on here you can turn your hand to most things so sure it would be successful.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Cheers Arbclimber, I'm definately going to give it a go now

 

Mdvaden that link is fascinating, if that doesn't sound too geeky

[Rob D]

I thought about growing containerised instant hedging, ie trimming containerised trees to hedge shape so you can suppy and plant an instant hedge. I'm sure theres money in that.

 

 

 

That's exactly what I thought and did!

 

Also worked out that if you put in a pot, put on the gound and surround by chippings the plant will root through the pot, anchor feed and water itself. Saves a lot of time and money.