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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

I should have said REMOVE the trees, not MOVE them.  It is a double row of 
trees, 45-50 years old!

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From: "tanis cuff" <
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <>
Subject: [NAFEX] apples after arbor vitae
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:40:55 +0000

Maybe I've been staring at the computer monitor too long today, but I just 
got the idea that the next place I could plant more apple trees is where I 
almost removed a row of white cedars 10+ years ago.  If I move these trees 
this winter, how long would I wait before digging & planting apples?  How 
long before the white cedar roots break down enough so soil CAN BE dug into, 
how long before decomposing roots do not tie up every bit of nitrogen, and 
how bout allelopathy?  This is a bigger project than my usual 
hobby-experiments, so I'd like your views.  (Soil is sandy, better at one 
end of the row, lighter at the other end.  Of course, the sandier part is 
farther from the water source!)

Thanks to all listers/posters for another educational year.  I hope I've 
contributed some worthwhile things too.