Give young trees the care and attention they deserve, to ensure a payback on the hard work undertaken in planting them.
* Keep the soil around them moist
* Mulch around the base of the tree
* Check the stake is secure so that the tree does not rock and dislodge its roots
* Heel the tree in again. To heel in, press the soil down around the roots with the heel of the foot. This will ensure root to soil contact.
When the tree is planted in wet soil, the disturbed soil will dry out and shrink. The soil then becomes loose. Then the roots are not in sufficient contact with the soil to take up sufficient moisture.
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