This is a primarily Eucalyptus cloeziana lot planted 30 years ago by a guy now in his 80s and will be allowed to convert to a drier rainforest with some possible thinning for product. I took out the tools to remove some weeds breaking in from surrounding properties. It was a cow paddock prior. I believe it had deep ripping (which was standard in the 80s-90s) and approximately 1000 Eucs went in.
Handroanthus:
Jacaranda:
Strelitzea:
Brazilian Cherry:
3 year Hoop Pine planting (Araucaria) by an 80 year old (he’s still got it):
More of the Gympie Messmate (Eucs):
I’ve never seen a tree popper before, I gather from the pictures it’s like a dandelion iron for small trees?
Yes, but with much more leverage and it has teeth that open and then grip onto trunk when levering. If the tree is intact (never mown or cut), it can pull some deep-rooted stuff.
It doesn’t look like much in the photos but they are some reasonably significant juvenile trees that have come out there.
I did see a positrack with a larger style popping out whole small trees on YouTube as well.
Just another organic tool for maintenance. If I can’t pop it with the large popper visible there (doesn’t fit around trunk), I switch to ringbark.
TIL - thanks for the elaboration!
