Anyone started planting trees yet..?

[Goaty]

In wintery conditions. We average 100 per person per day. Planted not just stuffed in and stakes and guards. All done by hand. A planting machine can really take things up a notch if site and conditions allow.

[Countryboy]

What species of trees are you planting this year

[Spruce Pirate]

I'm a hobby planter.

 

I planted 90 Scots Pine today I'm planting a total of 300 Scots Pine, 105 alder and 105 oak.

 

How many do you professionals plant a day? I guess I could plant circa 500 conifers a day or 100 hardwoods (with tube and stake).

 

I haven't done any real planting for a few years now, but when I was planting used to average between 1200 and 1500 a day including site supervision, 1800 to 2000 a day if I didn't have plants to lay out and checks to do. Bare root conifers on mounded sites, no tubes, spirals, vole guards or any of that kind of nonsense.

[Will Heal]

I used to average 1000 conifers a day I know others planted more, canes and spirals about 450 and 4 foot stakes and tubes about 250

[sherco]

Got a 200 metre MBL hedge to plant. Got all materials & trees at the ready & if I get fed up with the kids on Christmas day I ill make a start!!

[drinksloe]

The planting squads are all busy done here and been busy for a while.

 

As spruce pirate says around the 1500 mark over dolp depending how rough the ground is.

Quite a bit of new ploughed ground being planted now too, should be pushing a good bit more on that. My old boss reckoned he was doing 2500-3000 a day back in the 70's and 80's on the plough

[matelot]

I planted another 90 today - I guess I shouldn't give up my day time job anytime soon...

 

As a matter of interest how many trees can you plant a day with one of those tractor mounted planting machines?

[Ninjastrike]

Good Restocking sites we average between 1400-1800 a day only once did 3000 in a day and don't really plan to do that again as could barely walk the next day...

[Goaty]

With a machine costs/outlay go up obviously but the rate per person shoots up.

In nursery conditions. 3 people. Driver, planter, person handling plants to keep machine going etc. 70 plants in 10 minutes with a single row machine.

Plants up to 8ft in height. Spaced at 3 ft. My approximate guess. Great if thousands to plant.

 

Bouncing up and down on a spade in weedy matted vegetation with clay underneath is not as pleasant or satisfying in my opinion.

Rarely does anyone prepare or want to pay for cultivation for woodland planting.