ISHS Acta Horticulturae 504: VI Symposium on Stand Establishment and ISHS Seed Symposium
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LANDSCAPE TREES |
| Author: | J. Roger Harris |
| Keywords: | transplanting, rootball, balled and burlapped, container, season, biostimulants |
| Abstract:
Landscape trees may take years to establish since a high percentage of the root system is lost at harvest and the transplant is often of considerable size. Establishment is often slowed because landscape site conditions are inhospitable for growth. The optimum time for transplanting is well before spring budbreak. Fall is the optimum time for transplanting most species in regions of the U.S.A. with winter temperatures no lower than in Virginia. Using larger-than-standard rootballs does not always result in improved establishment. There appears to be little utility to the use of "biostimulants" as an establishment aid. | |
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