The document provides information on proper tree planting and establishment. It discusses the best times to plant, different types of planting stock like bare root, containerized, and balled and burlapped trees. It outlines the correct procedures for planting each type, including digging the hole, handling the root ball or container, and backfilling. It emphasizes the importance of watering, mulching, and avoiding staking when possible. The document stresses that planting depth and removing all ties and labels are critical to the tree's survival.

1. ISA Certified Arborist Training Tree Instillation and Establishment

5. Bare root

11. Watch for encircling roots which could girdle the tree.

13. Don’t buy this tree

14. Not all containerized trees are container grown, be sure an established root system exists within the pot before purchase .

26. Tree planted shallow in heavy soil to prevent ‘drowning’

28. How roots grow in the planting hole Most root growth is shallow and horizontal

38. Not enough mulch

39. Too much mulch

40. The best case scenario

48. Wrong tree for your driveway

49. Wrong site for any tree

50. Wrong tree for a small site

51. Wrong site

52. Too close to van

53. Wrong species for the tree lawn

54. What wrong with this planting?

56. Planting space too small

57. Root Girdled Tree

58. Twine not removed at planting

59. Girdling root