Pruning
Trees
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Although trees are very un-demanding once
established, they will need a great deal of care during their first season and
may even need pruning. The younger and smaller the tree, the easier it will be
to get established, and the faster it will grow. Buying big, heavy standard
trees will cost you a great deal more money but it may not buy you as much time
as you expected. Among fast growing conifers, for instance, a two foot plant
will catch up with a four foot plant within three or four seasons.
Optimum time for tree planting is
between October and March, when the tree is fully dormant.
Step: 1 If
the tree is containerised, make sure the roots are wet before planting, and if
congested, tease them out a little. Never let the small fibrous roots of a
transplant tree dry.
If planting a number of trees, especially bare-rooted ones, keep
the roots covered with wet hessian and dunk them in buckets or tanks of water
just before you plant them.
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Step: 2 Dig
a hole big enough to accommodate not only the roots but also a quantity of
compost.
Step: 3 Add a
handful of bone meal or other slow-release fertiliser and mix this into the
soil of the planting hole, before planting the tree.
Step: 4 Drive
the planting stake in before back-filling the hole. Secure the tree to the
stake loosely while filling and packing down the soil.
Step: 5 Finally, re-tie it to the
stake.
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