Five Must Read Tips You Need To Know Prior to Planting Your Tree.
This can make the freshly transplanted specimen tree practically almost guaranteed to survive and it will look great year after year and prosper in your landscape. These recommendations are something you need to read before you let some landscaper, garden center, or tree nursery sell you anything.
1) You should never plant the tree to deep. Trees need oxygen just as you or I do, after you pile extra dirt on top of the roots you will be lowering the amount of oxygen that could get to the roots. Some trees are more sensitive to this than others; Maple trees are awfully sensitive to being planted to deep. It’s better to plant a couple inches above ground level and mulch around it.
2) You should never pile mulch or dirt around the trunk. Some parts of the tree are supposed to remain underneath the ground and certain elements are meant to be above ground. When you heap a bunch of mulch or dirt around the trunk you are putting a part of the tree that was intended to be above ground, below ground. This will trigger the trunk to rot and your freshly transplanted tree to perish. Mulch around the tree but leave about one inch separation between the trunk and the beginning of the mulch
3) Please do not let the rabbits kill your tree. Rabbits happen to be my arch enemy when it comes to trees. In the winter, when they get hungry and there is next to nothing to eat they will resort to ingesting the bark off your tree. They will feed on a nice ring all the way around your tree, killing your specimen tree every time. Nurseries, Garden Centers, Tree Farms and Landscapers, will not warranty a tree that has animal destruction. Put a piece of corrugated pipe around the bottom of the tree for the winter to keep the critters away.
4) Obtain some root stimulator with Mycorrhizal Fungus inside it. This fungus thrives in forests where there is a natural underground ecosystem. The fungus attaches to the roots and generates nutrients and moisture to the tree. There is a symbiotic connection between the roots and the fungus. When you plant a new tree there is not any of this fungus in the ground simply because the fungus needs to be joined to the roots of a tree for it to live. The bottom line without getting in too much detail is, get it, it works! Use it in the spring for optimal out come. You can use this on your plants as well; give your complete landscape a little turbocharge for the season.
5) Excessive water will kill your tree just as easily as too little water. There is no hard and fast rule on how much to water, nonetheless, you cannot afford not to water your tree incorrectly. This is the number one reason new trees die.
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