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Planting depth affects quality
Liners
must be planted carefully in order to grow quality trees. Each step of the
planting process must be done with precision. Position the point where the top-most
root emerges from the trunk within the top inch or so of the soil or substrate surface. Planting deeper can cause problems in tree species that do not produce adventitious roots along the buried portion of the stem. Most tree species do not produce enough adventitious roots above the flare to develop a uniform root system.
Planting depth for field grown liners
(Click on photographs for planting from container grown liners-suggest starting with 1).
1
position top root near surface |
2
top root may be deep |
3
remove substrate |
4
check for defects when potting up |
5
correct depth results |
6
too deep results |
