Please note that this is just a general watering guideline and if you have heavy clay soils it is very easy to overwater a tree and kill it. Be sure to water deeply and DO NOT RELY ON RAIN OR SPRINKLER IRRIGATION. Make sure you are saturating the entire root ball and the soil area beyond it as well. Water your tree religiously for at least one year using the following guidelines, and subsequent years if we experience high heat or drought conditions.
Be sure to pull the mulch away from the trunk of the tree 3” to 6” so as to not cover the root flare up. Be sure to give your newly planted tree a good layer of mulch that is at least 2-3” deep and extends a little past the drip line of the tree (the outside edge of the canopy). You may remove the staking when you can give the trunk of the tree a good shake and you do not see the ground around it move or jiggle at all.
We recommend the Arborbrace tree staking kit. Be sure to stake your tree well with three to four anchor points to avoid shifting, which causes new roots to break off.Liquid root stimulator or Super Thrive applied about once a month for the first year will be very beneficial to your tree.Be sure to not cover the tree flare with soil. This will allow more water to stay around the root zone. Build a dam around the outside of the root-ball with the excess soil. Add soil a little at a time around the root ball and SLIGHTLY tamp it down around the root ball with the handle of the shovel.Continue to check the orientation and keep it straight as you begin to add soil.
Position your tree so that its best features are facing the desired viewing area, and check that the tree is standing straight.Use the correct amount of product and mix it evenly with the backfill soil. Our favorites are Fox Farm Jump Start or Microlife Ultimate. We also recommend using an organic product containing mycorrhizae fungi and beneficial bacteria at the time of planting.We recommend our bulk custom landscape mix. It is safe to use a bagged garden soil or landscape mix. Do not use bagged potting soil to plant your tree. If you have poor soil then bring in a quality planting mix that has a combination of granite sand, topsoil, pine bark, and premium compost. If you have good, well drained soil, then amend the original native soil 30% with premium compost.It is also important that the tree doesn’t settle and allow soil or mulch to cover the root flare of the tree. It is very important that you do not cover up the natural root flare of the tree with soil or mulch.Keep in mind that this soil added back to the bottom will compact when watered in so make sure you add enough. If you need to remove the tree and add soil back to the bottom of the hole, then now is the time to do it. Being a little high is better than being too low. Make sure that when planted the top of the root ball will be even with the surrounding soil level but NOT BELOW GROUND LEVEL. Place your tree in the hole gently, handling the root ball, not the trunk.New roots will flush and grow from these cuts. If the roots of the tree are growing in a spiraling motion cut with a knife or unravel them so they will spread out instead of growing in a circle.
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