Hi

I shall be planting ~ 20 one year semi-dwarfing apple trees on MM106
rootstock this winter.

The site is quite exposed to winds, so its essential the trees are well
staked. Any suggestions as to what size (height & diameter) stakes I
should use, and how far into the ground they should go ?

all advice much appreciated.

TIA
Gareth.

Hello Gareth,
Hope you have some measures inplace to deal with the exposure once the
trees are established, poor little bees don't like is so breezy
As for the steaks, the current thinking for trees to stabilise is for
the steak to go into the ground at an angle of 45°, low down - around
12in off the ground, as opposed to the old vertical steaks. A tree
buckle is used, the tree moves, which is important as it encourages
root development. The approach consists of digging a square hole, to
the required depth - governed by the roots, locate the tree in the
hole. Offer the steak up and knock it in, the set the tree around it,
back fill and fasten.
Steak size - have used 2-3in larch poles satisfactorily.

What kind of ground have you got and where r u?

Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

In reply to cliff_the_gardener ) who wrote
this in , I, Marvo, say
:

Hello Gareth,
Hope you have some measures inplace to deal with the exposure once the
trees are established, poor little bees don't like is so breezy
As for the steaks, the current thinking for trees to stabilise is for
the steak to go into the ground at an angle of 45°, low down - around
12in off the ground, as opposed to the old vertical steaks.

I'm having visions of someone with a tenderiser whacking in a couple of
sirloins ...


sorry. Being facetious.

On 12/9/06 13:15, in article
,
" wrote:

Hi

I shall be planting ~ 20 one year semi-dwarfing apple trees on MM106
rootstock this winter.

The site is quite exposed to winds, so its essential the trees are well
staked. Any suggestions as to what size (height & diameter) stakes I
should use, and how far into the ground they should go ?

all advice much appreciated.

When planting trees here, we usually stake them by putting in a short stake
at an angle to the stem and probably about 2' up it.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/