Notes from the farm
Practical notes on specifying and sourcing large caliper trees in Texas. Written by the people growing them, not by a marketing department.
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What to know about Live Oaks in Texas before they go on the plant list
Two different species share the name, the pruning window runs February through June, and the mature spread is what ruins a spacing spec. The things about Live Oaks that change a plant list, from the farm that grows them.
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How to tag trees at the farm before they ship
Tagging your own trees costs half a day and settles the specification before anything is loaded. What to bring to the farm, what to check in the row, and how a tag turns into a quote that holds those exact trees to your ship date.
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Container grown or field dug, and what the difference means on planting day
Every tree we sell leaves with the roots it grew. Here is what that changes about when you can plant, what arrives on the truck, and the two things a container tree needs from the crew on planting day.
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How to bid a job that needs 100 large caliper trees in Texas
The bid is only as good as the trees behind it. What to check, what to ask a grower to commit to, and how to carry a real number into a plant list of 100 large caliper trees.
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Contract growing trees in Texas, for the job that is two seasons out
How a landscape contractor puts their name on trees that are still growing, what it costs, what the paperwork says, and one contract as it stands today.
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What caliper you actually get from each container size
A #45 and a #65 sound close together until you are trying to hit a 3 inch caliper spec. Here is the caliper and height each container size actually produces on our farm, from #30 to #300, and where specs go wrong.
