Apple Tree Grafting
We bench graft the majority of our apples these days as they are much more popular as container grown trees rather than bare root, field grown. Between our production runs [...]
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01, 2014
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09, 2013
How to Plant a Tree
In this video I run through how to plant a tree. It is an easy task planting a tree, dig a hole, put the tree in and fill the hole [...]
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06, 2013
Tree Planting Machine
We use a Damcon PL-40 tree planting machine with a hydraulic cane pusher. A team of three or four for larger trees can plant and cane about 4000 a day. [...]
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06, 2013
The Potting Shed at Beardsworths
Our potting shed can turn out over 10,000 shrubs a day, with an annual production of about 400,000 plants. We use a Javo Super potting machine to pot the plants. [...]
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06, 2013
Root Balling Trees
For larger trees we use a Damcon root balling machine mounted on an excavator. The machine plunges 4 spades around the tree, undercuts with a large blade before lifting from the [...]