WHEN TO PLANT TREES
Time for planting trees depends on the region, availability of irrigation facility, rainfall.We recommend rainy season as the best time for planting.Young saplings will have sufficient time to root and acclimatization before the onset of intense heat and dryness of summer or freezing temperature of winter.
Newly planted trees do best when exposed to moderate temperature and rainfall.
MATCHING TREE TO THE SITE
1)WHEN PLANTING NEAR HOUSE:-
If you need a tree as a windbreak, plant evergreen trees on the west or north side of the house, approximately 50 feet or more from the house.
If you want a tree to enhance optimal temperatures, plant deciduous (autumn leaf-dropping) trees on the south and/or west side of the house. These tree positions tend to cool in the summer and allow sun to enter the house in the winter.
2)WHEN PLANTING IN CITIESConsider TREES proximity to buildings, sidewalks, driveways, streets,overhead and buried utility lines.Tall trees should not be planted below high tension wires.
SPACING BETWEEN TREES
Small trees should be planted at a distance of 5 metres from each other and big trees at a distance of 10 metres from each other.
Trees should be atleast 5 metres away from the nearest building.
AFTERCARE
Trees need to be taken care till they reach certain age and height is essential. Though lakhs of saplings are planted by our government each year, a lucky few blossom as big trees. Once the rains cease, the saplings need to be watered regularly, protected from cattle and pests and insects, given manure.
A little help from you in watering the nearby trees will definitely help.
HOW TO PLANT TREES
1)DIG THE PIT
Trees should be transplanted in pits no deeper than the depth of the root or the container in which they were originally grown. The width of the pit should be at least 3 times the diameter of the root ball This will provide the tree with enough soil for its root structure to establish itself.Too deep and the roots don’t have access to sufficient oxygen to ensure proper growth. Too narrow and the root structure can’t expand sufficiently.
2)FROM CONTAINER TO THE PIT-
Remove the sapling from the container, slightly loosen the roots as they are tightly compressed in the container.
3)FERTILISE THE SAPLINGS
Add organic fertiliser around the soil.
4)WATER THE PLANT
Tree sapling should be watered regularly during the dry season.
Do a survival check:-
How we plant trees:-
1)we buy saplings.
2)We buy the fense.
3)we will survey the area for under ground cables and over head cables.
4)We plant native trees.
5)We look after the trees for 3 summers.
A story goes that a wicked man once unintentionally watered a sapling
while washing his hands.
On account of this he was
rewarded with one day stay in heaven.
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