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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks John for the great photos – saw you snuck one in there of our lovely spruce planted right outside city hall. I believe that was planted 35 plus years ago, so
well before my time. We have other trees like this through out the downtown core as well, they are not in optimal growing sites, however they have survived and done very well. Thanks for sharing the tree planting guidelines as well, very useful for those
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Timothy G. Yeaman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> CANUFNET [mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>JPM TREE SERVICE via CANUFNET<br>
<b>Sent:</b> August 28, 2017 3:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> canufnet@list.web.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] tree planting in Charlottetown, PEI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Beth, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tim has some excellent suggestions. The use of wood chip mulch under the grates is one that I applaud.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So much microbial activity occurs under those chips that benefit the tree. The CityGreen website has some interesting tree grates and guards to keep the mulch in place.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here in Vancouver, any of the<i> Quercus</i> do well in our downtown sites. Mind you, they can get quite <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">large. This is where root barriers seem to help immensely. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Smaller soil volumes usually means smaller trees. Trees that do well in swampy conditions are <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">often successful in urban ones i.e. compacted soils, low oxygen and small pore space. Mind you, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">roots can be a problem and are species and site specific. Always put in good soil and healthy trees<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">to start. I certainly like Tim’s approach to non-burlap installs. Some people use bare root with moisture-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">retaining gel (I saw that on a Martha Stewart program once). Although not specific to the concrete jungle, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">the pdf below may be of some use to you. Watering bags seem to be the norm now. The City of Vancouver puts<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">on its new tree these Please Water Me Tags for the public to respond to. I haven’t met many newly-planted trees<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">that have been killed by overwatering them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lastly, I hope that you and Tim keep those important prominent city hall trees in optimum condition. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The pdf shows that - and few others.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John Martyn, Consulting Arborist<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since 1996<o:p></o:p></p>
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