{"id":20476,"date":"2019-10-11T09:40:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T08:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20476"},"modified":"2019-10-11T09:40:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T08:40:21","slug":"my-tips-for-planting-bare-root-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/my-tips-for-planting-bare-root-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"My Tips for Planting Bare Root Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Capture more carbon with some trees as a contribution to a better environment. Whips, trees, hedging and field grown saplings are available without the excess packaging of plastic pots and gaudy plastic labels. They are also great value.<\/p>\n<h3>Quick Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bare root trees, as they &#8216;say on the tin&#8217; (or not the plant pot) are loose and free of a soil ball.<\/li>\n<li>Late autumn to early spring are the best time for planting trees that are supplied from free grown ground.<\/li>\n<li>Select a suitable site bearing in mind sun\/shade wind direction and visual expectations.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare a hole larger than the full extent of the roots so they can be spread out.<\/li>\n<li>Break up the soil at the bottom so no hard pan can form a sump for excess water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>More Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Soak the roots in a bucket of water for an hour then water well after planting.<\/li>\n<li>Trim off any broken or damaged roots with a sharp knife<\/li>\n<li>Prior to planting place a support stake in the hole and firm the soil around the tree progressively to avoid large pockets of air.<\/li>\n<li>Mulch with organic matter and water regularly as the tree is established.<\/li>\n<li>Try planting some fruit trees, ornamentals or extensive hedges using bare root stock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more by watching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2MXScGNgaV8\">You Tube<\/a> videos<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capture more carbon with some trees as a contribution to a better environment. Whips, trees, hedging and field grown saplings are available without the excess packaging of plastic pots and gaudy plastic labels. They are also great value. Quick Tips Bare root trees, as they &#8216;say on the tin&#8217; (or not the plant pot) are loose and free of a soil ball. Late autumn to early spring are the best time for planting trees that are supplied from free grown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/my-tips-for-planting-bare-root-trees\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-tree-root-and-branch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20478,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476\/revisions\/20478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}