Planting a Red Maple

[NuttBurger]

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

[ajmhabel]

How is the Red Maple doing after 3-4 years, do you have any pics or videos?

[moh2o]

@ajmhabel It is doing really good. And I have trained it to have one dominant stem in the middle. It is 15' tall now.

[moh2o]

Yes, the leaves are designed to take the sun and the heat. If you have a part of the tree that is exposed, with no leafy shade, the branches can be 'sunburnt'. Exposed roots especially. Cover those roots. They are even more sensitive to drying and sun exposure, that is what mulch is for.

[iamm34life]

"sunburn"?

[namtziglaa]

im gonna plant 1 to. looks amazing in autumn all red any advice on climate? when to plant? if its really codl in winter will he survive thanks

[verdaoeobom]

amazing!!!

Please take a vid!!!

Could you send me a leaf???

Please,,,,, it would be very important for me... that's posible????

Sorry my english!

[verdaoeobom]

How is the tree today?

I love maple!!! but I'm from brazil..

and here I can't have one... beautiful tree!

Greetings from Brazil

[moh2o]

This tree is doing very well, it is growing about 18" every year, (1/2 meter)

The roots and trunk are very strong, no looseness when I move the trunk back and forth. It is well established, it has been in the ground for 18 months or so.

The leaves are turning color right now. I should take a vid.

[moh2o]

The best time of year to plant is winter. Dormant season.

Don't let the roots get dry and exposed to sun. This will kill the tree in one day!

You want to water around the base of the tree at first, saturating it well then later start watering out at the "Drip line". That is the outer perimeter of the root zone.

Over watering in poor draining soil can also "Drown" a tree, not good.

[Rachella1983]

Thanks for posting this video! I'm glad I watched it. I'm planning on planting a tree in my front yard. My parents just spent $200 on a tree, and it's dying. I can already see some big mistakes they made. Hopefully I can keep my tree from dying.

[moh2o]

Yeah, the most common Mistake that I see in planting trees is that most people plant the tree in a "Post Hole" instead of a "Bed".

Then they bury the "Root Crown" about 6 inches under the grade. Now we have a condition that will invite Root Rot.

Then They water right into the "post hole". So the Trunk and root crown are constantly saturated in water. This causes root rot, now some trees you might be able to get away with it, especially in sandy soil. But fruit trees don't like this method.

[fourfeethigh]

boom chicka wow wow !!!