Ways to secure the root ball, part 2

Another way to secure the solid is wrapping with elastic materials and lacing. This method is the most widespread in almost the whole world. The described security feature requires the formation of a very rounded body. Due to the rounding of the body, the compressive forces resulting from lacing are distributed evenly and not …

Ways to secure the root ball, part 1

Ways of securing the root ball.

The root ball of transplanted trees is almost always exposed to crushing during transport operations. Only lumps very strongly overgrown with roots and formed from compact soils, np. clayey, they handle transport quite well. Therefore, it is necessary to use appropriate safeguards, …

Preparation of trees for replanting - part 3

When using soil that is not too loose or preparing very large trees, the bottom of the dug trench should be covered with approx 5 cm of coarse sand, gravel or similar material and set above sea level, before mulching with earth, ceramic or other filters, a height close to …

Preparation of trees for replanting, part 2

In the process of preparation, only the roots are cut through the side walls of the lump. The roots that pass through the bottom of the lump remain uncut until transplanted. During preparation, they play the role of securing the tree against unfavorable weather conditions, and most of all, no rainfall …

Preparation of trees for replanting, part 1

By transplanting trees with lumps of size determined by the thickness of their trunk, depending on the age of the tree, cuts off 60-95% the roots. The older the tree, the farther from the trunk it has the finest and most numerous roots for water and nutrients. Most trees …

Ways of transplanting trees and shrubs

If the plant to be transplanted was not grown in a pot, container or similar vessel, loses some of the roots when transplanting. As the plant grows, its root system becomes larger and more extensive. Extraction of the entire extensive root system of the plant from the natural substrate, w …

Predicted weight of replanted tree

Projected weight of the tree. This mass is understood to be the total mass of the whole tree and the earth forming the root ball. Much of this mass is made up of land, therefore, determining the expected size of the root ball is quite important for the entire tree movement operation. It is accepted …

Assessment of the older tree

Plastic value and health. Older trees are very often planted to increase the decorative and aesthetic value of a particular place, the more importance is attached to their artistic features.

Basic feature, which should be taken into account when assessing the tree, …

Transplanting older trees

Older trees are of much greater value than young and small trees, because functions, the trees' fullness is usually proportional to their size. The need for planting large ones, older trees is felt particularly strongly in newly built housing estates and other new parts …

Nursing treatments in the first year after planting

Nursing treatments in the first growing season after planting have a very significant impact on the further growth and development of plants. Please note, that most of the plants planted, and above all these, that were planted without a root ball, it had a reduced root system; even after …