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Best way to stake trees?

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Planter

06-17-2005 07:14:52




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hey I planted some trees and they are about 5 feet tall with a trunk about the size of a quarter...it is so windy here that I need to stake the trees. what is the best way to do this, i have seen where you put just 1 stake on an angle and somehow tie the trunk to it. i bought forty 4 foot pieces of electricc fence rods...plan to use them or some wooden stakes...how is the best way to attach these stakes to the trees?
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John A.

06-17-2005 21:26:08




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 Re: Best way to stake trees? in reply to Planter, 06-17-2005 07:14:52  
Planter, On a tree that small a single T-post driven in the ground next to the trunk will do nicely. And be All you will need till the tree is 2yrs older. Take the usual precaution to protect the bark from getting skinned up. Tie with pantiy hose or some other soft material.
OBTW... Remember your tree is nothing more than a Very Large Potted Plant for the next 2 to 3 yrs!! It needs watering every other day during the summer! Especially when temps bust 95+ and there are windy conditions. A good rule-of-thumb... is stick a long rod,pipe, Shovel,Hoe handle into the edge of the hole you dug for the rootball. If you have mud on the handle then it is wet enough, if not ..water! Remember your yard irrigation system will NOT supply enough water to keep the trees alive in the summer time.
The 3 post method will not be needed on a tree this small. Only if the tree is larger (3in diameter at at the 6 in grade line) and sureenough siginificantly taller would you really need to concider stakeing it.
To attach the tree to your stake/post....make a wrap or two around the post then around the tree trunk and then a simple square knot will work. Do not let the tree and rootball get loose that will kill a tree faster than anything! Hope this helps.
Later,
John A.

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txgrn

06-17-2005 19:16:34




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 Re: Best way to stake trees? in reply to Planter, 06-17-2005 07:14:52  
Don't stake any of mine. All bow to the North. I think it gives them character. My trees, my opinion. Grin.

Mark



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Galen

06-17-2005 08:05:05




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 Re: Best way to stake trees? in reply to Planter, 06-17-2005 07:14:52  
I just drove a 1x2 furring strip down about 6" away from the trunk (slightly leaning in tword the tree). Drove it in about 18". Tied the trunk (loosly) to it in 3-4 places with twine. This is how the nursery does it and told me how to do it. Been doing it for years.



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john in la

06-17-2005 07:50:10




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 Re: Best way to stake trees? in reply to Planter, 06-17-2005 07:14:52  
Use 3 good stakes that will withstand the pull of the tree. More leaves and fullness creates a greater pull. If the stake is small enough that it will bend the tree may not pull it out the ground but it will bend it over.

Go outside the root ball into hard ground and place the 3 stakes spaced around the tree.

Use wire with a old piece of garden hose slipped over it to protect the tree trunk. Tie the wire from the stake to the tree. Try to get as high as you can on the main trunk just under where it starts to branch out. This will put the leverage on your side rather than on the trees side.

Leave the tree staked for at least 1 year until you get good root growth.

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James2

06-17-2005 12:18:35




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 Re: Best way to stake trees? in reply to john in la, 06-17-2005 07:50:10  
Also used old garden hose around the tree trunk, and worked great!



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