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Yes I planned on doing a little pruning but there was hardly any exposed roots so I’m not sure how much I should do. Most of these except for the Concordia weee started in rootmaker pots so they don’t have much of a taproot to begin with. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Made a short video after the 1.5” of rain we received today. Perfect timing to move big trees. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Didn’t sand in these. Honestly didn’t think about it. I assume it’s used as a gap filler between the root ball and the hole? I did notice that the trees down in the woods didn’t seem to fit in the hole as well as they did in my backyard. We did however water them in good by filling the hole...

Well today has been a busy one! Got all 9 trees moved. Four to my house and 5 to the deer woods. Cages will Be going around the ones in the woods on Monday. Here’s a few pics. Digging the first hole. 96” tree spade! Concordia Oak Concordia Oak First hole down in the deer woods! Placed...

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Thanks. Water will definitely be a must for sure. We’ve had some pecan moved before and most of those did fine after they recovered so I’m hopeful these will do the same. Matt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes you read that correctly. We are about to attempt to move some of my larger chestnuts and oaks from my old place of residence to where we live now. A little background and for those that don’t know we have decided to completely remodel and sell our house. With the sale will go several 8-9”...

Here’s what I was able to retrieve. Sealed the cut end with beeswax and into the refrigerator. Send me a PM and I’ll try to get them in mail tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can’t vouch for Morse one way or the other but Concordia are partly Swamp White and their leaf patterns can be the same. I have three in my yard and two look like swamp white and the other looks like a Chinkapin. They all came from MDC about 12 years ago. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wasn’t able to make up to the house today and get you some graft wood. I’ll try to get up there tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can probably hook you up. Give me till Monday. Matt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well had to try but you’re right. Gotta know when to say uncle and call it. Just took me 15 years to get to that point. lol Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I’ll still have my home orchard and will try to keep that going as best I can and will try to supply nuts to folks but unfortunately they just don’t do well here. They aren’t native here and there’s a good reason why I suppose. I do have some good chestnut trees here at the house if I can manage...

Never thought I’d say this but after 15+ years of trying to get various varieties of Chinese Chestnuts, hybrids, Americans and everything in between to grow here in NE TX I’m about ready to throw in the towel. I can amend the soil, no problem. I grow them in special pots for 2-3 years, no...

Easy access to buying them, their size, their age. One of the two I purchased on clearance last year is loaded with burrs this year. I’ll probably end up picking them off due to its size. Both of them are producing catkins. For a wildlife tree they are hard to beat @ $15 a pop.