Advice planting new oak tree.

[Aaron3018]

Advice on oak tree (approx 2m tall, 12 litre pot) we'll be transplanting from pot to garden for the first time in August. So far, our steps are:

 

- soak the roots in the pot before transplanting 

- dig planting hole square and twice the diameter of the pot, break up bottom and sides of hole with garden fork

- tease roots from root ball and put tree level in hole with root ball slightly above ground level 

- fill the hole with the excavated soil (no compost/fertiliser?), firm soil and water thoroughly

- stake tree at a 45-degree angle to trunk

- mulch around the tree (bark or grass chippings?), lower near trunk

- In spring, fertilise and renew layer of mulch 

 

Do you think there's anything I have missed/doing wrong here? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

[Stubby]

6 hours ago, Aaron3018 said:

Advice on oak tree (approx 2m tall, 12 litre pot) we'll be transplanting from pot to garden for the first time in August. So far, our steps are:

 

- soak the roots in the pot before transplanting 

- dig planting hole square and twice the diameter of the pot, break up bottom and sides of hole with garden fork

- tease roots from root ball and put tree level in hole with root ball slightly above ground level 

- fill the hole with the excavated soil (no compost/fertiliser?), firm soil and water thoroughly

- stake tree at a 45-degree angle to trunk

- mulch around the tree (bark or grass chippings?), lower near trunk

- In spring, fertilise and renew layer of mulch 

 

Do you think there's anything I have missed/doing wrong here? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

Don't let any one with a tractor and flail near it . Happened to me "!

[Khriss]

Sounds like you know wot yr doing Aaron,   would probably add bucket of sharp sand to backfill, mulch is important to keep soil moisture balance. K

[little_p]

A chap that I know that plants trees in dry / stoney / light soil (effectively soil that won't hold much moisture) also a runs a vertical length of drainage pipe at the outer edge of the hole for the tree.

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You might want to fence around the tree as well to try and keep livestock and pests off the tree.