Watering
“Its a bit like painting the Forth Road Bridge,” says Operations Director Peter Hasted (pictures right), “…in the season, once we’ve finished watering all the trees we’ve planted, we go back to the beginning and start again!”
Tasks for May…
“Its a bit like painting the Forth Road Bridge,” says Operations Director Peter Hasted (pictures right), “…in the season, once we’ve finished watering all the trees we’ve planted, we go back to the beginning and start again!”
Really glad to see that you have clearly got watering well organised, with the right equipment and staffing, and are giving it the high priority it needs in the first year or two of establishement.
Also the big area of mulch round each tree triple staking and “wobbly” tying—and are those Kentish sweet chestnut stakes ?. If so, great !! You are clearly providing the best start for the trees, which means you will have a very low percentage of losses–maybe no losses at all.