Chris Plante from Davey's Portland, Maine, office shares some of his tree planting secrets so you'll be prepared to plant trees properly this fall!

In this episode we cover:

• Think about where you want to plant (0:49)
• Planting too deep and trees from a nursery (1:28) (2:49)
• Why you shouldn't plant where a stump was (2:10)
• Should you plant a smaller tree or larger one? (4:48)
• Planting season in Maine (5:15)
• Chris' favorite trees to plant in Maine's climate (5:52)
• How to spot hemlock woolly adelgid (8:10)
• Watering (8:51)
• Soil (9:32)
• Planting a tree in the wrong spot (11:25)
• People's relationships with trees (12:21)
• How Chris started working in arboriculture (13:44)

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To learn more about planting a tree near a stump, read our blog, Is it OK to Plant a Tree in the Same Spot?
To learn more about the burlap and wire baskets on some trees, read our blog, Should Burlap or Wire Baskets be Removed When Planting Trees?
To learn more about soil conditions, read our blog, Landscaping in Rocky Soil.
 
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