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FREEDGUY 
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 7:29am |
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What do the producers do with the stumps/root balls left after a tree is cut ? Are they pulled out, ground/mulched in place or just planted around ?
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Boss Man
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 10:00am |
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Depends on the size of the operation. I did work for one guy that just planted next to the stump. Saw a large operation down by Wautoma grinding them in place
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john(MI)
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 10:39am |
When I was a kid we cut trees to sell. We went up to a place near Lodi WI. The trees were really nice and they were planted on what I would call sand dunes. I'm thinking the stumps would be easily removed.
Funny story, I found a tree that looked absolutely perfect. When I went to check it out it had two trunks coming out of the ground, so it couldn't be used. I dug around the trunk to see if it could maybe be used, but no luck. A few years later I came home on leave for Xmas and my brother told me to check out the tree. I was awestruck, that perfectly beautiful tree had grown into one trunk and had enough trunk to fit in a tree stand! That really made Xmas special that year!
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Ray54
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 1:00pm |
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Some use to want it cut above the first branch. They would train and trim that into another sellable tree much faster than planting a new tree. Not many left in the Christmas tree business here.
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FREEDGUY
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 5:13pm |
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Thanks guys, there's a pretty large tree fam in Bristol IN. that has pretty decent acreage on sand (EBY'S) but I've never seen how they dealt with the trunks.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 5:18pm |
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around here i've seen alot of different ways to deal with them, some dig them out, some grind them down, some burn them down, some plant beside them. guess it just depends on what they wanna do.
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DiyDave
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 5:47pm |
They put a wrench on the stump, and unscrew 'em. They have a left hand thread! 
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 11:46pm |
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 28 Nov 2020 at 11:55pm |
Funny guy DD.  BIL plants new row alongside stump row. Occasionally grinds em.
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GARY(OH/IN)
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Posted: 29 Nov 2020 at 1:03am |
Used to work with a friend years ago buying wholesale and selling retail. Everyone we knew planted near the old stump generally following the same 7' x 7' grid to maximize population per acre and for mowing between the rows.They said the old stump would mostly rot away in a few years.
One family we dealt with in Michigan raised them by the millions. Hired college students to shear in the summer. They also had retail lots near Detroit and Toledo and when the season was over headed to Florida for the winter.
Always wanted to raise them but never had the money in those years to invest money for seven years until a return.
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JohnColo
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Posted: 29 Nov 2020 at 2:08am |
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I read a book back when I was maybe in Jr High. Seems this farmer had been renting a place for a few years and had put in a lot of improvements, clearing fields, etc. Anyway the owners wanted to sell the place or something and asked him to move off. He asked for one more crop as he had put a lot of work into improving the place, the owners said OK. He planted sugar maple trees, his family still had the place 50+ years later...
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DougG
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Posted: 29 Nov 2020 at 8:19am |
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Gary has a good point - plant trees now then 7 years later for return on investment- but ive heard of Maryjane plants inbetween the trees-= quick return
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 29 Nov 2020 at 8:23am |
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Heard of a smart farmer, down south, somewwhere....who planted 1,000s of trees( maybe english walnuts ?) as he was paid by the guv to plant them, then his son would make $$ on the walnut fruit harvests, then his children would make $$ on the actual felled trees.. Seemed like a nice 3 generation win-win-win !
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