Five Must Read Recommendations You’ll Want To Consider Prior to Planting Your Tree.

This can make the newly transplanted specimen tree almost likely to live and it will certainly look great year after year and flourish within your landscape. These recommendations are something you must read before you let your favorite landscaper, garden center, or tree nursery sell you anything.

1) Never plant the tree to deep. Trees need oxygen just like you or I do, after you pile extra dirt on top of the roots you are lowering the amount of oxygen that could get to the roots. Some trees are more sensitive to this than others; Maple trees are highly sensitive to being planted to deep. It is better to plant several inches above ground level and mulch around it.

2) Please do not pile mulch or dirt on the trunk. Certain parts of the tree are intended to remain under the ground and certain regions are supposed to be above ground. When you pile a bunch of mulch or dirt covering the trunk you are putting a part of the tree that was meant to be above ground, below ground. This will provoke the trunk to rot and your freshly transplanted tree to perish. Mulch close to 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 have always been my arch enemy when it comes to trees. In the winter, when they get hungry and there is little to eat they will resort to ingesting the bark off your tree. They will munch 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 surrounding the bottom of the tree for the winter to keep the critters away.

4) Purchase some root stimulator with Mycorrhizal Fungus inside it. This fungus thrives in forests where there is a inherent underground ecosystem. The fungus attaches to the roots and provides vitamins and minerals and moisture to the tree. There is a symbiotic relationship between the roots and the fungus. When you grow a new tree there is not any of this fungus in the ground considering that the fungus does need to be affixed to the roots of a tree for it to exist. The bottom line without getting in too much detail is, get it, it works! Add it in the spring for optimal final results. You can use this on your plants as well; give your whole landscape a little boost for the season.

5) An excessive amount of water will kill your tree just as easily as too little water. There is no hard and fast rule on how much to water, but nevertheless, you cannot afford not to water your tree wrongly. This is the number one reason new trees die.

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