The Professional Tree Planting Process in Action
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22,000 TREES PLANTED IN 2 HOURS ..MEET THE CREW...SEE HOW IT'S DONE!!
What happens here
The video transitions to showing the professional tree planting crew actively working on the cleared land. The crew members, equipped with planting bags filled with bare-root loblolly pine seedlings and specialized planting tools called hoedads (or 'Podads'), move efficiently across the terrain. They use the hoedads to quickly make a slit in the ground, insert a seedling, and then close the soil around it by tamping with their foot. Trees are planted approximately 8 feet apart, with rows spaced 10 feet apart. The host emphasizes their incredible speed, noting they planted 25 acres in just an hour and ten minutes.
Goal: Observe the efficient planting of loblolly pine seedlings by a professional crew.
Tools and materials
- ATV — Transporting seedlings and crew
- Hoedad — Digging planting slits and tamping soil
- Planting bags — Carrying multiple seedlings for efficient planting
- Loblolly Pine Seedlings — The trees being planted