Ordered a Red Maple and Bur Oak. How do I NOT kill life?

Sep 8, 2022 3:05 AM

ohheythere105

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Found out my last maple was dying. Ordered a Red Maple and Bur Oak 2" trunk diameter.

Planting in SE WI. How do I give it the best transplant and not kill life?

Hello fellow Wisconsinite! I have no idea

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@OP, there's a product made by Down To Earth Organics, it's a dry transplant starter amendment called Starter 3-3-3, plus heavy watering.

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Sry.... tik tok says all you need is a banana

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Make a big ol hole

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Good luck!

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2" ≈ 5.1 centimetres

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5.1 cm = 1.6 common house centipedes

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5.1 cm = 2.767 crow talons

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Look it up..But, usually hole 2x deep, amend soil w compost and peat possibly some fertilizer/ bone meal. Width hole double diameter of ball

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Water daily. Remove burlap when planting (seems obvious, but...). Talk to it, Good luck

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"Grow faster dammit!"

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