What’s the best tree to plant?
I personally like Silver Oak
Where I live, Joshua Trees are the only native trees.
I enjoy elm trees because they are so easy to grow, but honestly, I like all trees. :) Plant native plants!
I'd like to start planting disease resistant varieties. I bought a princeton elm, going to sow and plant the seeds as soon as it starts producing.
Would like to spread some other varieties as well.
I personally prefer oaks and maples, because they get big.
Yes. And oaks are rarely planted. Especially the native burr and white oaks. I intend to spread these around.
Those are mostly what I grow. Just make sure to put the seedlings in a place where rabbits can’t get to them. I lost about 1/3 of mine because I didn’t protect them.
Yeah all mine in my yard get eaten instantly without protection.
My current project is far from any of those things
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Nothing beats the sight of lodgepole pine for me
Depends on the area and intention. I live in a rural area and can't drive (and wouldn't be able to travel daily anyhow), and while I haven't had any experience yet, my plans are to help with the local Appalachian forests where and when I can. The oaks have been... not exactly in decline, but they haven't exactly reproduced much lately, which I think is due to a lack of many forest owners (both private and citizen) not liking the idea of controlled burning, which helps stimulate healthy growth of new oaks.
My main focus right now is on the local oak and hickory numbers. We have a hickory tree here on my parents' farm, so I'm HOPING to get some of the sproutlings growing and see what I can do. I don't know when or from where I'm going to get any acorns, so I might not begin oaks this year.
I'm quite lucky to live on my parents' farm, as they have no issue with me growing more trees along the treeline in the back field (they're more concerned with where I plant because roots can fuck with your septic systems if you're not careful). So for the next year or so will be a nice experiment and try-out to see if I have a good knack for growing tree sproutlings and then transplanting them. The purpose of the hickories (and eventually oaks) in my focuses is to provide more food for wildlife and more tree diversity, as we have the invasive "Tree of Heaven" (I can't remember the proper name from the top of my head) and sugar maples are pretty dominating in this area of Ohio right now.
I would also like to get into planting some apple trees at some local parks (they have quite a bit of land for such mediocrely kept parks), but.. One step at a time, lol.
Something native to where its being planted