Five Must Read Recommendations You Need To Know Prior to Planting Your Tree.
This can make that newly transplanted specimen tree very nearly certain to survive and it will look great year after year and thrive as part of your landscape. These suggestions are something you need to 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 as you or I do, after you pile extra dirt on top of the roots you will be lowering the quantity of oxygen which could get to the roots. Some trees are more sensitive to this than others; Maple trees are quite sensitive to being planted to deep. It really is better to plant several inches above ground level and mulch around it.
2) Do not pile mulch or dirt all around the trunk. Some parts of the tree are intended to stay below the ground and certain regions are intended to be above ground. When you pile a bunch of mulch or dirt around the trunk you are putting a section of the tree that was intended to be above ground, below ground. This will provoke the trunk to rot and your newly 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 are almost always my arch enemy when it comes to trees. In the winter, when they get hungry and there is not a thing to feed on they will resort to consuming 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 damage. Put a piece of corrugated pipe around the base of the tree for the winter to keep the critters away.
4) Obtain some root stimulator with Mycorrhizal Fungus in it. This fungus thrives in nature where there is a normal underground ecosystem. The fungus attaches to the roots and produces vitamins and minerals 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 considering that the fungus does need 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! Get it in the spring for greatest out come. You can incorporate this on your plants as well; give your whole landscape a little supercharge 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, nonetheless, you cannot afford not to water your tree wrongly. This is the number one cause new trees die.
See more on the subject off transplanting trees at the Milwaukee garden center website.