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#TREE SEEDLINGS MN FULL#
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The watering of new trees is extremely important to their future viability, as soil and weather conditions will affect how much and how often you water.

#TREE SEEDLINGS MN PLUS#

If you’ve followed the above advice and given them great soil in which to live plus consistent watering for the first two years, they will be grateful and will reward you by growing strong and healthy for years to come. During the first year, the roots will be far more active than the parts of the plant that are visible above ground. It may not seem like your plants are doing much, but they are. Give your plantings extra tender-loving care for one to two years after getting them in the ground.Īfter you have completed all five steps, be patient. Thereafter, water weekly until established. For three to 12 weeks after planting, water every two to three days. For one to two weeks after planting, water daily. Don’t sabotage your garden’s success by neglecting this important point.

Water consistently. Getting a new tree or shrub into the ground does not signal the end of the job! New plantings require more frequent watering than established trees and shrubs.

Don’t be afraid to use a knife if you need to cut through a larger root system. To help them find their way out of that pattern, make a few vertical cuts around the root ball and gently splay the roots away from the center.

Loosen the roots. Containers confine plant roots to such a degree that the roots begin to grow in a circle.

The idea is to improve, not replace, the existing soil. If so, keep it to a minimum (less than 20 percent) and be sure to mix the compost thoroughly with the existing garden soil. If your soil is compacted you may choose to add organic matter, such as compost, to aerate it. Use the soil you dug to make the hole to fill in around the root ball. The depth of the hole need only be as deep as the current root ball.

Give them plenty of room by digging a hole three times the width of the root ball with the sides of the hole sloping toward the bottom. Most new roots will grow horizontally from the side of the root ball. They require smaller holes be dug, are less expensive, and it’s fun to watch them grow. Smaller-sized plants adjust to transplanting better than larger ones. Test the soil. For best long-term results, test the soil in the area where you intend to plant and follow the advice in the Soil Report you receive.Follow these five “best practices” to give your new trees and shrubs the best start possible. The timing enables roots to grow into the surrounding soil before stress due to new foliage growth and high temperatures occurs. Spring is a great time of year to plant trees and shrubs.

#TREE SEEDLINGS MN FULL#

Seedlings are typically 100% spoken for by mid-April, and the actual giveaway event is typically Friday of the first full week of May from 9am-4pm.ĭue to limited staffing, we cannot take early orders, we cannot accommodate early pickups, and we cannot hold seedlings for later pickup.The following information is from the University of Minnesota Extension and can be found by clicking here. Seedlings are first-come, first serve and only online orders are allowed due to limited office staffing. Up to 250 seedlings per household are available to Cook County property owners and renters (mix and match varieties as you like, no minimum order). A typical seedling is 6-12″ tall and includes a small soil plug to protect the roots. We will begin taking orders around mid-March each year for red pine, white pine, and white spruce seedlings cultivated by PRT Growers at their Brighton, MI nursery and kept in cold storage at their Hayward, WI storage facility. The Seedling Giveaway Program is a much-anticipated Cook County springtime event every year and for many folks, the event heralds the end of snow season and the beginning of the growing season!

Hedstrom Lumber Company has given out over 600,000 tree seedlings to Cook County property owners & renters since 1997.