Whats the proper way to plant a tree?

Question

Oak, 15-18ft

Answer 1

I am assuming you have help.

Dig a hole as deep as the crown of the root ball and twice as wide as the root ball.

Put in the bottom of the ditch and around the sides of the hole, some planting mix that has nutrients (i.e. mulch, peat moss if the dirt is sandy, sand if the dirt is clay; and i would put a touch of water soluble granules to help hold the water.

carefully roll the root ball into the whole, untie the twine holding the material on the rootball. If it is a material that will degrade over time such as burlap you don't have to pull it completely off the root ball, but you should if you can.

pack the dirt around the root ball that came fromthe hole, that has been mixed with some nutrient mixture. pack it down as you put it back in the hole so there won't be any air pockets.

(before I start this process I put a gopher repellent bait with strichnine such as milo in the bottom of the hole, so the gopher will die instead of making a meal out of the roots)

water well and let it grow.

Thanks for planting a tree. Although a nice evergreen would be great to help keep the air clean .... :-)

Answer 2

A 15 to 18 foot oak tree is already a big tree for planting. My curiosity abounds, wondering how without the help of a crane and the entire neighborhood to help you, would a person go about this. I say hire a professional to plant one that size.
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Do you mean 15 to 18 inches.? If that's what you meant no problem.
Open the link below and it will show you a diagram of just how to do it. Only yours will be on a much smaller scale, but it will show you how to allow room for growth.
...........REMEMBER.........
Allow for growing NOT to close to power lines or sewer lines or your house because that tree will be humongous.
Good Luck!
Disregard some of the information the link say to do such as the white paint etc.
http://www.eyemead.com/OW-howto.htm

Answer 3

do not dig the hole any deeper than the root ball is tall do not plant the tree too deep make sure you can still see the root flair the trunk should not look like a fence post sticking out of the ground dig a square hole a round hole let the roots wind around do not put peat moss in the hole fill in with the earth you took out the hole if wrapped with twine cut or remove it take a knife cut the roots from top to bottom on one or more sides put some good compose on top the filled in hole out to the drip line