Properly Planting Shrubs and Trees

When shrubs and trees are planted correctly, it can prevent future pest issues, improves plant performance, and allows for better initial establishment. Learn techniques landscape professionals utilize to plant on level or sloped ground, what factors to consider when it comes to choosing soil amendments and managing soil nutrients, proper staking, and pruning at the time of planting, and more important details that are often overlooked and can prevent headaches down the road.

Join Luke Owen, Commercial Horticulture agent in Buncombe County as he provides best planting practices utilized by landscape professionals that can be applied to your landscape.

Table of Contents
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Time Topic/Contents
  0:00 Introduction
  1:46 Plant Quality and Tree Selection
  5:42 Transporting and Handling
  9:31 Site Preparation
14:34 Tools
15:04 Planting Procedures
16:55 Balled & burlapped
25:35 Bare-root
30:11 Container planting
35:45 Planting on Slopes
39:32 Tree Establishment
39:41 Mulching
43:05 Staking
46:42 Pruning
48:22 Irrigation
51:48 Fertilization
53:12 Reference Resources
54:04 Final Questions