I agree with Patrick
Contact some local tree people and see if you can get wood chips delivered.
Leave them in a pile for a year and then you will have some great mulch.
I would stay away from fresh chips.
Look up mulch http://www.treedictionary.com/


Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Arborist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.

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On Mar 13, 7:50 pm, wrote:

Will they all be the same species? If not, different species of
trees, obviously, grow to different sizes, and some trees like the
shade of others (Dogswoods in particular), so their positioning to
each other and the sun is important. But besides that, rows of trees
won't look very natural when reach mature size. That said, I say mix
them up and mark each planting with a stake instead of doing rows.
Finally, instead of running a rototiller between the plantings to
keep, I'm assuming, the the weeds down, you're better MUCH better off
with a 3-foot circle of mulch around each planting.

Patrick


Hi - I would like to fill my 5 acres of dirt with trees. I was going
to start with seeds.
Instead of trying to plant the whole 5 acres and haul water all over
the place, what do you thing of planting everything in tight rows to
begin and then transplanting later. The rows would be wide enough for
a rototiller, but the seeds would be very close (1 or 2 feet). This
would give a manageable area to maintain until the trees are a foot
tall. Any thoughts? Thanks.