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Things To Know About Planting And Transplanting Trees

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Trees can sometimes prove to be an expensive, but glorious, addition to a garden. It is therefore vitally important that you follow the guidelines below when planting or transplanting trees. Although trees can outlive several generations of your family they can only do this if they are looked after well. The article below gives a few hints and tips on how to plant and transplant trees successfully.

One thing that can make a massive difference when planting or transplanting trees is how you protect the roots. As well as the larger roots being important for holding the tree in place the finer, fibrous, roots are those that extract all of the water and nutrients, that trees need, from the surrounding soil. Obviously you will need to minimize, or avoid completely, any damage to the roots.

It's great fun browsing through nursery catalogs and it is easy to be swayed into buying trees that we know little about just because they look spectacular. However this could prove fatal to your garden in the years to come. Trees grow to reach all different heights and spreads, when they reach maturity, and many gardeners find that they have bought a tree that quickly grows to become too large for the garden and a nightmare to remove. Always check the size a tree could reach when mature before you buy.

The modern gardener has many advantages and the most important are those developed in the laboratory. There are a number of sprays, powders and gels available today that are simply amazing. One of the most useful, when planting and transplanting trees, is the wilt-proof spray which can stop leaf drop and reduce wilting. Another fine product is the root growth hormone which increases the rate of root growth in trees.

When buying trees it is very important that you inspect the roots to ensure that they are free from disease and are healthy. Always try to get one with a large root ball. By using the products mentioned above you can vastly improve the chances of your tree surviving by minimizing the amount of fluid loss (wilt-proof spray) and ensuring that the roots become established quickly (rooting hormone) and thus able to extract vital moisture and nutrients as early as possible.

However, before you start planting/transplanting your tree you should ensure that you have plenty of fresh water to hand. Tap water is fine but you should leave it to stand for a minimum of a few hours to ensure that any chlorine has evaporated. If you can start to collect rainwater well in advance of planting/transplanting trees as natural rainwater is always the best. Check and double check you have everything to hand so that you can get your tree into the ground as quickly as possible.

Only now can you really get started. Planting and transplanting trees is pretty easy. Simply dig a hole in the ground where you want it to go and make sure that there is a gap of around 1 foot around the root ball. Loosen the soil at the bottom as much as you can and mix in some compost, peat or quality loam. If you really must add manure only use a very small amount and mix it in well, better still mix in a small amount of bone meal (rotting material can burn the roots).

You are now almost ready to add your tree but first pour in plenty of water into the hole and wait for it to drain. Then you can add your tree and fill the hole to about 2 thirds full with soil. Again flood the hole and let it all drain away. You can then top up the hole with loose loam making sure, with a trowel, that there are no air pockets and that's the job done. By following this advice you should, within a short period of time, see all your trees growing strongly.