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What do I need to know about buying and planting a tree?

Overview

More detail in link to Chapter 13, Master Gardener Handbook, below.

Careful attention to early care and maintenance of a young tree will promote a vigorous tree that is resistant to pests and diseases and will require little or no pruning over the lifetime of the tree.

See links below related to:

Buying a tree
Preparing the site
Planting properly
Pruning young trees

Associated Links

PREPARING THE SITE

PLANTING PROPERLY

Publications

BUYING A TREE

Quality Nursery Tree Selection (pdf) - UC

PLANTING PROPERLY

Chapter 13 (pdf), Woody Landscape Plants, Planting in California Master Gardener Handbook. UC. Buy Publication.

Tree Planting (pdf) - UC

Tree Staking (pdf) - UC

Planting Landscape Trees (pdf).UC.

How to Grow California Oaks. UC. Buy Publication.

PRUNING YOUNG TREES

Training Young Trees for Structure and Form (pdf) - UC

Training Young Trees for Structure and Form (DVD). UC. Buy DVD.

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