The use of trees
Mature trees are capable of in a matter of hours to transform a bare plot into a dense forest, which give the landscape of thoroughness and completeness. From pine trees to create impenetrable to dust, noise and human eyes hedge. Hardwood – the original birch or poplar grove – area wild forest. And it is possible to plant a tree-a specimen on the lawn, for example, the oak, under the shade of which a good shelter on a hot Sunny day.
Of course, it is easier to plant young trees and wait 10-15 years until they become large trees. And now you can go into the forest and the oak, which tomorrow will appear on the site.
How to choose oak for transplantation
In order to transplant an adult oak tree, you will need three assistants, a winch and a shovel. If the tree is very large, will have to find a vehicle to transport it from the forest to the landing site.
It is best to transplant trees in late autumn or early winter. The older the tree, the more shock will be for him a transplant, and in winter time, when the life processes are inhibited and the tree is in a state of hibernation, it absolutely will survive in the new place.
Watch krupnomer need for transplantation even in the summer. It must be a tree with a dense and well-developed crown roots located near the surface of the earth and the intact trunk. There should not be signs of disease and insect infestation, otherwise he will infect all plants in the area.
The digging, transporting, planting
To dig up the oak to be very careful. Oak, of all deciduous trees with a big "sissy". This giant is very bad restores damaged leaf buds. First, you need to make a mental projection of the crown on the ground under a tree, to determine the size of the parent coma. To test your measurements, you can, paying attention to the size of the trunk (the trunk portion at a distance of 30 cm from the soil). Com must be greater than the diameter of the trunk 10 times.
It is best to keep the ball of oak undamaged during transportation, after excavation to give him a few days to freeze and then, wrapping film or burlap, to deliver to the site.
The pit needs to be dug before the ground will freeze. Its optimal size – 40 cm longer than the value of the coma. Land filling is also necessary to prepare in advance and keep warm. If the soil is clayey, drainage of sand and gravel. If infertile – at the bottom of the pit to add fertilizer.
With a winch, if the big oak tree, or a tree manually is installed in the hole so to whom towered above the earth's surface to 6 cm Is needed in order to when the soil in the spring gives way, the tree was not too recessed. Oak need to Orient to the cardinal as he grew up in the woods. Then the pit is dug. The tree is secured with stakes and stretch marks. When you see the snow tree trunks is covered a snow layer 40 cm
