Vertical Mulching.

He's just 21st century nomenclature - interpreted (my son is 23) it means "a developer/builder that may not have had the time to review new information on the sensitivity of the site plan and how it may affect other systems in relation to the overall project".

With that, there certainly are some retard home builders. And I'm in my fifties!
 
I guess you guys don't have anyone close to you that was born with Down Syndrome?

Besides, why insult people with Down Syndrome by relating them to thoughtless builders?

But's that just like my opinion man.
 
Used to like riding the swell up while root feeding - way back when I had some horsepower and shot 10-15 gallons per probe - nowdays and here on the Plateau, it's Briggs and Stratton trying to punch holes in rock.
 
We've been simply drilling the holes and running the back of a bow rake over the piles to spread the raised dirt out in the turf.

Our thoughts are that if we are making holes to lessen compaction, why not let them fill themselves back in creating more loose soil around the original hole?

We have found that within 18 months the hole we drilled has pretty much filled itself in and the soil around it is looser.

For the most part After we have "swept" the raised soil around, you do not notice the holes. Of course someone's tabby-cat might step into a hole, but that has not yet been an issue.

As for pricing, we just charge our normal hourly rate for the two man crew.

If we have a job where some of the crew might have some nose-picking time between tasks we will have them give the customer's trees a bonus aeration free of charge.

As for putting fert in the holes, we haven't done any yet. But it is something we want to look at.
 
I need a new bit for my echo for vertimulching ,hard soil this summer.pics would be great.i have some young trees to do this fall.
 
I recommend the Supersonic Air Knife, but I am biased toward it.
There are a few models to choose from. The X-LT & X-ST are great for vertical mulching. These run off a 185CFM air compressor. If you get into a lot of radial trenching or large area tilling or digging holes the X-HFA is a monster tool. It runs off a 375 CFM air compressor. Any make air compressor will do, we use a Sulair. Look at used compressors from Sunbelt and other rental yards.
 
Does anyone have photos of these trees down the line..1 3.5 7 years later? I have wanted to follow up on trees that we've done with a detailed photo log, but never rememeber this desire when I'm looking at them. I think it's best to "throw the book" at a tree in question. Timing matters a lot. Unfortunately, I don't know how to tell when it's "too late" to try VM because clients have different desires and expectations.
 
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A few years have gone by since we last spoke about this. Some of your chaps oughtta head out with your iPhones and post some before/after pics!!!
 
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Not sure if this goes in this section but I will ask it here.

How many of you are offering vertical mulching to help aleviate soil compaction? What are you refilling the holes with?

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Never vertical mulched but can see it may be a good practice in situations where the soil modification requires adjusting Ph or composition as well but why put the groceries in the basement when the fridge is on the main floor?

Most times I just use a couple 4 tine garden forks and wiggle the soil loose and then spread add compost and mulch.

Works just fine.

Reducing compaction choose your weapon air or water they both have their advantages. Forkem!
 
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Most times I just use a couple 4 tine garden forks and wiggle the soil loose and then spread add compost and mulch.

Works just fine.

Reducing compaction choose your weapon air or water they both have their advantages. Forkem!

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Totally absurd statement

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Works just fine.


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Like ..... seriously?!?!?
 
What so absurd?
Seriously, humans have used garden forks for ever and you just decide to say "absurd".

You'd be suprised! Low impact on environment, no use of fossil fuels just human pwr, no noise etc

Whats your solution?
 
Nice video, macrocarpa. I'd definitely be interested in seeing how that one works out.

We vert mulch with a gas drill and auger. We lightly fill with compost, mix up some PHC packs, and give it a good drink.

I'll try to start taking some pics the next time we do it. It's usually smaller trees in the city that we drive by all the time so getting after pics shouldn't be hard.

On the forking thing, I'm not sure I would fork a tree but I've certainly done it in the garden here. I was actually looking at making a broad fork like this for home use.

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The tines don't look tree friendly but I'm guessing our auger isn't much better. The auger does give us a brief direct line to amend the soil though.
 
Perhaps people need to understand soil structure and microbiology to understand soil compaction. Soil flora and fauna, driven by complex carbon sources, are what we need for trees, not broken soil.

Air spading does not reduce compaction, it destroys soils strucutre, and soil flora biodiversity, quantity and quality.

A good layer of wood chips and time will reduce compaction (over time) and improve most aspects of soil function. Amazing that nature got it right.
 
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