Planting Trees for Long Lives
A scientist shares her discoveries about successful transplanting.By Linda Chalker-Scot
8 Steps to Healthier Trees
1. Using a hose or a water bath, remove all soil from the roots. Work out clumps of soil from between the roots using your fingers. Let rootballs soak for several hours if they are too dry to work.
1. Using a hose or a water bath, remove all soil from the roots. Work out clumps of soil from between the roots using your fingers. Let rootballs soak for several hours if they are too dry to work.
2. Prune excessively long and defective roots. From this point on, roots must be kept submerged or wrapped in wet cloth.
3. Dig a shallow hole only as deep as the root system and at least twice as wide. In the center, form a soil mound to support the root crown.
4. Arrange the roots radially over the mound and backfill with the same soil that came out of the hole. Do not use any type of soil amendment.
5. Water well, using the water from Step 1, which will contain nutrients and microbes. Add more soil as holes develop, and gently firm the soil.
6. Mulch all disturbed soil with 4 inches of coarse organic mulch, keeping it a few inches away from the trunk. (Think "doughnut," not "volcano.")
7. Water your tree well during the first year of establishment. You have removed a good portion of the root system and its ability to take up water, and nutrients will be temporarily impaired.
8. Keep it simple and natural: Do not prune the top of the tree or add expensive but pointless transplant supplements.
obeying street line or protecting a single tree
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| district Gajnice a tree in the middle of the one way road - parking |
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| tree residues on Ilica - new building respects the tree |
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| pretext for enriched street life: old tree, new public square and canopies next to a pub |
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| it happens to be next to the building Degenova street |
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| Šaljem vam slike stabla hibiskusa na uglu Palmotićeve i Đorđićeve. (JD) |
Role of a single tree in urban deserts
stop and move around, rest sniff like a dog
there are surely other people sitting in the bar
A tree is an open communication channel
vote for viable streets in the city
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| a tree on the private plot not integrated but visually into street life |
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| how about an occasional tree in a pot or flowers on the first floor windows - Iica district Cemter |