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~"7~roughout the growing sea,on, inspect all plant materials at l{agt once a <br />month to prevent ~erious damage from diseases and pe~ts. Proper diagnoais/ <br />]dentifica,'ior cf ~ disease or pe~t problem ir ab~o]~tely mandatory before <br />cl ~m. Jca] con~rol~. .~re ',:~{ ~. Tj~jnF cf aT:] ~gt~on m~t coincide ~'JtL tl~e <br /> <br />Staking and Guying: <br />· ~',o~'~. newly !]znt~'d trees ~'ill develop gtronger rrun);~ without gtaking. Tree~ <br /> <br />end guy~ ~;hould be inspected at lea~ twi~e per year to guard against girdling <br />cf ~runh~ or ~Trancl:cs, and to prevent rubbing that cause~ h.~rk wounds. At the <br />time of inspection, all guying material~ ~hall be checked for defect~ and all <br />nece~aary replacement or corre~tion~ made, Remove the ~tmking ~upport~ after <br />one growing ~ea~on or when the plant ha~ developed an anchoring root ~ystem. <br /> <br />Winter C~re-Sun Scald: <br />on new~v F~.gnteC anC thin bart'ed trees, prevent sun ~cald by applying a <br />=ommercial tree ~rap. ~ree wrapping on all trees ghall be inspected at le~t <br />twice per year to see that the wrappings are ~ecnrely in place and are not <br />~au~ing er. ce~ix'e pre~gure on the trunk. %roe wrap ghou!d be in place after <br />about mid-Oanuary through the month of Karch after ~'hich it ~hould be retook, ed. <br />Young trees should be wrapped for several winters. Thin-barked species, such <br />as r~a~ies and crabap~'ies, may r~q~ire ?rotcction for five years or more until <br />the bark has roughened. <br /> <br />Roden~ Damage: <br /> · " ~ .... of c! <br />~o p:'otecr :~_v_~ua~ -r__~ fr~ rode~zs a~e cv!inde hardwar~ <br />around the trunk. ---'-is is particularly necessary for flowering crab~ and' <br />nountain a~h species. <br /> <br />laze <br /> <br /> <br />