How to Stake a Birch Tree

Submit Your Tip

How to Stake a Birch Tree – This is a place for the community to provide tips and advice on How to Stake a Birch Tree. This topic was created by Chabad de Jaeger and the tips are provided by the community. The tips you add here can be your own or referred from another site. The best tips are then ranked at the top when up-voted by members of the community.

Tip 1 - Help with staking clump river birch

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Rebecca Allender | permalink

I just planted a River Birch last night - about 5 ft. tall - 3 clump. I bought this particular one from my local nursery. It was a 4 clump, but when I dug down to look for a root flare, it was a 3 clump with a 1 trunk held on my girdling roots. So, I gently separated the roots (it was pot bound and ...
Tags: house,architecture,design,interior design,interior designer,architect,kitchen,bath,modern,traditional,contemporary,contractor,builder

For further reading: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/1654408/help-with-staking-clump-river-birch ^[1]

Tip 2 - Staking and Guying Trees: Best Materials and Technique

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ju 00e 9ru 00f 4me Philbert | permalink

Authors: Gary R. Johnson, Associate Professor, Urban and Community Forestry and Marc A. Shippee, Undergraduate Research Assistant. Forest Resources Extension Department When is Staking Necessary? M...
Tags:

For further reading: http://www.myminnesotawoods.umn.edu/2008/12/staking-and-guying-trees-best-materials-and-technique/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Does a birch clump need to be trained?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Accretion | permalink

I planted a clump of three birch trees. Do the trunks need to be trained to get the desired spacing or angle as they grow?

For further reading: http://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/8555/does-a-birch-clump-need-to-be-trained ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Stake Birch Trees

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lawrence Tuke | permalink

A birch tree planted on a steep slope or in a windy area may require staking. Stake birch trees only if absolutely necessary, the University of Tennessee Extension recommends, because potential ...

For further reading: http://www.essortment.com/stake-birch-trees-124096.html ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Stake a Tree

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Robert Loveland | permalink

Protecting a new or young tree by staking it enables it to grow the strong root system it needs to secure itself in the ground. Learn how to stake a tree.
Tags: DIY, Home, Gardening, Garden, Landscaping, landscape, Stake Tree, Stake, New Tree, Young Tree, Tree, grow, support, protect, care, plant

For further reading: http://landscaping.about.com/video/staking-trees.--8h.htm ^[5]