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<blockquote data-quote="Taylorman55" data-source="post: 324529" data-attributes="member: 1290">haha. Yeah, it's taking away valuable horse riding property for her.- - - Updated - - -One thing that a lot do not take into consideration when planting trees is the first winter and &quot;tree burn&quot;. I hand planted about 250 2.5-3 foot evergreen and spruces about 5 years ago. We had a lot of cold winds that winter. The deer never touched them, but almost every single one of them died. I had talked with a lot of people about this, tree people from all over. After a few of them saw my trees it was concluded it was &quot;tree burn.&quot;When considering where I was putting trees, they get absolutely piss pounded by those winter winds. Group consensus said I needed to plant a row or two of easy fast growing trees. Willows, hybrid willows etc to cut down on the wind that the evergreens, spruces etc. were seeing their first winter. Taking even 10-15% of the wind off of them, or disrupting that wind may have saved them.&nbsp; Just a thought for you guys planting in the middle of the prairie like me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Taylorman55, post: 324529, member: 1290"] haha. Yeah, it's taking away valuable horse riding property for her. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] One thing that a lot do not take into consideration when planting trees is the first winter and "tree burn". I hand planted about 250 2.5-3 foot evergreen and spruces about 5 years ago. We had a lot of cold winds that winter. The deer never touched them, but almost every single one of them died. I had talked with a lot of people about this, tree people from all over. After a few of them saw my trees it was concluded it was "tree burn." When considering where I was putting trees, they get absolutely piss pounded by those winter winds. Group consensus said I needed to plant a row or two of easy fast growing trees. Willows, hybrid willows etc to cut down on the wind that the evergreens, spruces etc. were seeing their first winter. Taking even 10-15% of the wind off of them, or disrupting that wind may have saved them. Just a thought for you guys planting in the middle of the prairie like me. [/QUOTE]

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