Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1915 — Setting Out Trees and Shrubs. [ARTICLE]

Setting Out Trees and Shrubs.

Now is the time to set out trees and shrubs. In setting any plant of this kind in a new location it is necessary for the hole to be large enough to allow the roots to be spread out The soil should be worked around the roots, as every space under them will mean just that amount of idle root Too many empty spaces under the roots mean a dead tree or shrub. When the earth is filled in it should be tramped in as firmly as possible. It is sometimes desirable to wet down the soil to make it pack more firmly. The soil particles must be forced against the roots to enable the soil water to be carried to them through the action of capillary attraction. Many of the failures in transplanting come from permitting the soil to lie too lightly over the roots.