Maybe mark your crop trees with lumber crayons where the line goes. Use different colors for different lines.
Maybe mark your crop trees with lumber crayons where the line goes. Use different colors for different lines.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
I used black spray paint above and below the line after i had it in place year one. Then marked the bottom of each line with a tag to remind me of where it started. But mine are on the road in a line.
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Chris
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One thing that I did last year that helped was to put a piece of duct tape on the line before it made a turn with an arrow pointing what direction you had to go next. A rough hand drawn map of the lines helps get started also.
I have been putting up and taking down lines for 11 seasons..back when I started I spray painted the trees..since then they say not to spray them...maybe Dr.Tim can comment on this...working alone is a pain too..never did come up with some thing to wind them up just looped them on my arm some runs are 3-400 ft long.. this year I am trying a horizontal saw mark with a small hand saw where the line goes around the tree a light cut/mark just in the outer bark don't know if it will last a year of will be able to see it
As far as I know it is OK to spray paint trees (if they're your trees) and you don't mind the look UNLESS you are organic certified.Originally Posted by Dave Puhl
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Taking down lines is harder for me than putting them up. This tubing can be the most uncooperative stuff every invented. Yesterday I got all the 5/16 down, but forgot to bring my marking crayons and almost anything else useful. So I took pictures, when I remembered to. I had some blue tape and a marker and plastic packing wrap, so I labeled as I went, particularly when a long line is separated into sections. The wrap kept the rolls fairly tight. I will re-roll these on my spooler, but I am considering rerouting some of the lines, which will charge part of the alignment of the drops.
I also think these 5/16 drops have to go. Two full seasons and they look pretty bad. Well, now it off to do the 3/16 lines.
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