When_To_Plant_A_New_Tree

When To Plant A New Tree "It's better to put a $100 tree in a $200 hole than to put a $200 tree in a $100 hole." Dig a shallow, broad planting hole. Make the hole wide, as much as three times the diameter of the root ball, but only as deep as the root ball. It is important to make the hole wide because the tree roots on the newly establishing tree must push through surrounding soil to establish. On most planting sites in new developments, the existing soils have been compacted and are unsuitable for healthy root growth. Breaking up the soil in a large area around the tree provides the newly emerging roots room to expand into loose soil to hasten establishment. Identify the trunk flare. The trunk flare is where the roots spread at the base of the tree. This point should be partially visible after the tree has been planted (see diagram). If the trunk flare is not partially tree, hole, trunk, soil, roots, root, flare, ball, proper, planting, planted, newly, deep, been, wide, visible, top, put, plant, partially, new, make, diagram, better, base, unsuitable, times, through, three, surrounding, spread, soils, sites, should