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Houthakker · 6th August 2007, 05:40 AM

Problem is the soil running away due to very short time that roots have been growing. These very fine roots dry exceptionally fast. Once we waited until winter and filled the ball with water which froze to ice, because of the very sandy, loose soil. Worked very good, tree is still alive and fertile after 6 years. Biggest problem was seeing to it that there was no ice at all left when refilling at the new plantingsite. After personal testing I found out that icy soil buried at a plantingsite app 80cm deep was still iced in july!

Biggest treereplant I've been with was a chestnut, weight 180 tonnes, app 105cm i diameter. Moved flat with the help of some enormous device to pull the tree over the soil with the help of metal plate that was hit under the tree. Sorry no pictures, to busy working.

6th August 2007, 05:40 AM	#53 (permalink)
Houthakker Sappling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 40	Problem is the soil running away due to very short time that roots have been growing. These very fine roots dry exceptionally fast. Once we waited until winter and filled the ball with water which froze to ice, because of the very sandy, loose soil. Worked very good, tree is still alive and fertile after 6 years. Biggest problem was seeing to it that there was no ice at all left when refilling at the new plantingsite. After personal testing I found out that icy soil buried at a plantingsite app 80cm deep was still iced in july! Biggest treereplant I've been with was a chestnut, weight 180 tonnes, app 105cm i diameter. Moved flat with the help of some enormous device to pull the tree over the soil with the help of metal plate that was hit under the tree. Sorry no pictures, to busy working. Last edited by Houthakker : 6th August 2007 at 05:48 AM. Reason: incomplete