FALL PLANTING 
There has been a lot of pros and cons in re- 
| cent years on fall planting. Some growers swear 
by it and others will have nothing to do with it. 
“\ We have done a lot of experimental planting in the 
fall and in recent years have done considerably 
more of it and this year we are planning to do the 
major portion of our lining out in the fall. 
| We have observed a few things, and are glad to 
|| pass on our experience. First of all, it has been 
our ebservation that any of the Spruce, Pine and 
~ Fir family transplant very well, even as early as 
the later part of August and certainly the fore part 
of September. These varieties mature very early, 
and by planting them the later part of August or 
the early part of September, you give them an 
opportunity to make considerable root growth be- 
fore freeze-up. Immediately following planting, 
we give them a thorough soaking regardless of 
the weather. This gives the soil a chance to be- 
come firmly compacted and is conducive to an 
early and prompt root growth. Then during the 
fall, if we should have dry weather, it is well to 
water them occasionally. Also, shortly after 
planting we sometimes scatter oats in the block 
and cultivate it lightly to cover the oats up as 
much as possible. This will grow and offer an 
excellent ground cover for the trees in event we 
have an open winter, and would prevent to quite an 
extent heaving in event there is a lot of intermit- 
tent freezing and thawing. On varieties such as 
Arbor Vitae, and Junipers, we would suggest that 
they not be planted until the later part of September 
but otherwise the prodedure is the same for we 
have found that thease grow a little later in the 
season than do the Spruce, Pine and Fir family. 
There is no question, but what fall planted trees 
start growing much earlier in the spring and make 
a larger growth the first year than do spring plant- 
_ed tees and we also know that over a period of 
years, one will have as good or better stands of 
fall planted stock than you will spring, because 
there is just as much danger of loss from a hot 
dry summer following a late spring planting than 
there is danger of injury due to an adverse winter 
following fall planting. 
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If properly done and properly handled, we are 
very enthusiastic about fall planting. 
