Inside Row: 200 Okanese of Assiniboine Poplar planted at 2.5 meter spacing Total Trees Required for Above 500 meter Shelterbelt Program: 800 Tree Seedlings Total Cost for Tree Seedlings for this 500 meter x Four Row Program: 800 regular size seedlings @ $1.50 = $1,200 6% discount for November Purchase: -$ 76 $ 1,128 Packaging and Shipping: 800 Seedlings @$0.14 =$ 112 New $1,240 GST: $ 62 for Manitoba and Alberta Customers: $1,302 PST for Sask Residents Only: $ 62 Total for Sask Residents: $1,364 (for 800 trees on four rows of 500 meters each) For the above four row shelterbelt program at four meter spacing between rows, the landowner would have fine till to six inch depth like a garden, 50 foot width x 500 meters long around the property. Explanation for Above Shelterbelt Design Willow used for outside row as willow spreads much more than poplar so requires to be on the outside or inside row. Walker Poplar is shaped like a Christmas tree with broadest branches against the ground making the Walker the only poplar with capacity to stop ground winds and snow drifting similar to the function of brush varieties. Okanese or Assiniboine Poplar is suggested for inside row as these are considered more aesthetically pleasing. Both are male clones. Both have branches that start a bit up the trunk allowing one to mow grass right up against the trunk. (HELP has a large crop of Acute Willow available for 2017 as a large brush tree for outside row plantings to stop ground winds and drifting snow). Lowest Maintenance Tree Planting Suggestion The lowest maintenance tree planting involves planting the trees, then installing plastic mulch film by machine that HELP can loan out (HELP also sells the plastic mulch film) and lastly broadcast and harrow 40 to 50 lb per acre of common creeping red fescue. Costs for the 50 lb of fescue varies between $85 and $109 depending upon where your purchase the grass seed. Plastic mulch for this 2,000 meter (500 meter x four rows) planting would be 4.33 rolls of mulch ...meaning 5 rolls of mulch at $192.50 per roll including taxes = $962.50. Alberta and Manitoba customers can purchase mulch from vendors in their provinces to save on freight.
Inside Row: 200 Okanese of Assiniboine Poplar planted at 2.5 meter spacing Total Trees Required for Above 500 meter Shelterbelt Program: 800 Tree Seedlings Total Cost for Tree Seedlings for this 500 meter x Four Row Program: 800 regular size seedlings @ $1.50 = $1,200 6% discount for November Purchase: -$ 76 $ 1,128 Packaging and Shipping: 800 Seedlings @$0.14 =$ 112 New $1,240 GST: $ 62 for Manitoba and Alberta Customers: $1,302 PST for Sask Residents Only: $ 62 Total for Sask Residents: $1,364 (for 800 trees on four rows of 500 meters each) For the above four row shelterbelt program at four meter spacing between rows, the landowner would have fine till to six inch depth like a garden, 50 foot width x 500 meters long around the property. Explanation for Above Shelterbelt Design Willow used for outside row as willow spreads much more than poplar so requires to be on the outside or inside row. Walker Poplar is shaped like a Christmas tree with broadest branches against the ground making the Walker the only poplar with capacity to stop ground winds and snow drifting similar to the function of brush varieties. Okanese or Assiniboine Poplar is suggested for inside row as these are considered more aesthetically pleasing. Both are male clones. Both have branches that start a bit up the trunk allowing one to mow grass right up against the trunk. (HELP has a large crop of Acute Willow available for 2017 as a large brush tree for outside row plantings to stop ground winds and drifting snow). Lowest Maintenance Tree Planting Suggestion The lowest maintenance tree planting involves planting the trees, then installing plastic mulch film by machine that HELP can loan out (HELP also sells the plastic mulch film) and lastly broadcast and harrow 40 to 50 lb per acre of common creeping red fescue. Costs for the 50 lb of fescue varies between $85 and $109 depending upon where your purchase the grass seed. Plastic mulch for this 2,000 meter (500 meter x four rows) planting would be 4.33 rolls of mulch ...meaning 5 rolls of mulch at $192.50 per roll including taxes = $962.50. Alberta and Manitoba customers can purchase mulch from vendors in their provinces to save on freight.
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