Tree Planting Service
The Morton County Soil Conservation District provides a tree planting service to Morton County landowners. Operators and the required planting equipment are provided in this service. The landowner is responsible for having the planting site prepared before trees can be planted. Herbicide application and tillage are the two most common site preparation practices.
Pricing:
Tree Planting– $0.65 per linear foot (1,000 ft minimum)
Weed Barrier Fabric
The Morton County SCD offers the service of installing synthetic weed barrier fabric to newly planted trees. The District also offers custom cut fabric to lengths specific to your needs, as well as individual 4×4 tree fabric squares for single trees.
We have found that weed barrier fabric has many benefits including:
- Moisture storage
- Complete weed control under the area covered
- Low maintenance
Pricing
Fabric Installation– $0.85 per linear foot (1,000 ft minimum)
King-Cutter Tiller Rental
The Morton County SCD offers a rental of our King-Cutter Tiller to assist with prepping the ground for tree plantings.
Pricing
If you till, it is $150/day with a 3 day maximum rental. If MCSCD tills, it is a minimum charge of $200 plus $75 for mileage, with $100/hour following. MCSCD will till dependent upon workload.
For more information on tiller rental, please contact us at 701.667.1163 ext 3.
Technical Assistance
The Morton County SCD also offers technical assistance for tree planting and planning to private and public landowners. Technical assistance is available in all cases where the District plants trees for a landowner or a landowner purchases handplants from the District and plants the trees on their own.
Technical assistance may consist of:
- Checking soils to determine suitability of tree species for a specific site
- Determining how many rows to plant and what the spacing between rows should be
- Identifying proper setback distances
- Staking a site for ground preparation
- Flagging rows for planting
Tree Planting Accessories
Additionally, The District can accommodate your needs with extra staples, tree tubes and Plantskydd (animal repellent).
For more information on fabric and repellent, see the appropriate North Dakota NRCS fact sheets using the links below:
Synthetic Mulch (Fabric) Management Fact Sheet