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Chapter 11. Planting and Establishing Trees1
Edward F Gilman and Laura Paterson2Abstract
Planting and establishing trees is all about managing air and moisture in the soil. If these factors are managed correctly, trees will grow quickly following planting. Three of the most common causes of poor plant establishment or tree death are planting too deep, under watering, and over watering. If appropriate trees are planted at the right depth and they are irrigated properly, the planting has a good chance of success. This fact sheet discusses in details the ten steps to proper tree planting and factors that determine tree establishment rate.
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Footnotes
1. This document is ENH 1061, one of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program series of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation and the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date September 2007. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu and the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program Web site at http://treesandhurricanes.ifas.ufl.edu .2. Edward F. Gilman, professor, Department of Environmental Horticulture and Laura P. Sadowski, horticultural information specialist, Department of Environmental Horticulture; Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
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