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ronnyb · 28th November 2007, 06:36 PM

Definitely rough up the sides, the spades will glaze them up. Another thing to watch for (and this will take a couple of months) is that a gap tends to open up between the ball and the hole. Almost every tree I've planted with a spade has done this. Some times it a couple of inches, other times its a couple of feet of the diameter. You'll have to add topsoil to fill in the gap or hand dig down to take care of it.

28th November 2007, 06:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
ronnyb Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 67	Re: Practices With Tree Spade Definitely rough up the sides, the spades will glaze them up. Another thing to watch for (and this will take a couple of months) is that a gap tends to open up between the ball and the hole. Almost every tree I've planted with a spade has done this. Some times it a couple of inches, other times its a couple of feet of the diameter. You'll have to add topsoil to fill in the gap or hand dig down to take care of it.