Five Little Known Recommendations When Transplanting A Tree Which May Keep It From Dying
This will make your favorite freshly transplanted specimen tree very nearly certain to live and it will certainly look great year after year and prosper with your landscape. These recommendations are something you must read before you let your trusty landscaper, garden center, or tree nursery sell you something.
1) Never plant the tree to deep. Trees need oxygen just like you or I do, once you pile extra dirt on top of the roots you are lowering the quantity of oxygen that could reach the roots. Some trees tend to be more sensitive to this than others; Maple trees are quite sensitive to being planted to deep. It’s better to plant one or two inches above ground level and mulch around it.
2) Never pile mulch or dirt around the trunk. Many parts of the tree are supposed to remain under the ground and certain regions are intended to be above ground. When you heap a lot of mulch or dirt covering the trunk you are putting a part of the tree that was supposed to be above ground, below ground. This will make the trunk to decay and your freshly transplanted tree to die. Mulch near the tree but leave about one inch separation between the trunk and the beginning of the mulch
3) You shouldn’t let the rabbits kill your tree. Rabbits are almost always 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 consuming the bark off your tree. They will chew 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 damage. Put a piece of corrugated pipe around the base 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 produces vitamins and minerals and moisture to the tree. There is a symbiotic relationship between the roots and the fungus. When you plant a new tree there is not any of this fungus in the ground since the fungus needs to be attached to the roots of a tree for it to live. The bottom line without getting in too much detail is, get it, it works! Utilise it in the spring for preferred final results. You can make use of this on your plants as well; give your complete landscape a little turbocharge 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, still, you cannot afford not to water your tree wrongly. This is the number one cause new trees die.
Learn more on the subject off transplanting trees at the Milwaukee garden center website.