Planting

What happens if you've got some trees to plant?  Where do you plant them? How deep do they need to go?  How far apart should you place them?



Room 15 researched the answers and then drafted some instructions and then when we'd worked that all out we planted them.  It was hard to dig the holes but we persevered.  Now all we have to do is care for them and wait for the fruit. 

Instructions on How to Plant a Lemon Tree

How To Plant A Lemon Tree

EQUIPMENT LIST

• Spade
• Garden Fork
• Hose/Watering Can With Water
• Garden Trowel
• Garden Gloves (optional)
• Lemon Tree Sapling
• Fertilizer
• Compost

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Choose a location to plant your lemon tree. It must be a place where your tree can get plenty of sun. A lemon tree must have 6 hours of sunlight a day, morning sun and afternoon shade is best for growing lemons.
2. Dig a hole that is twice the size of the root ball (wider and deeper)
3. Add a little compost at the base of the hole.
4. Sprinkle quite it bit of water on top.
5. Carefully place the lemon tree in the hole.
6. Push a little bit of the surrounding soil into the hole.
7. Add more compost and fill in more of the hole with surrounding soil.
8. Mix the compost with the soil and keep pushing the surrounding soil until you fill the hole in.
9. On top of that, you add a little more of the compost and flatten the top down.
10. You don’t want any soil at the trunk of the tree, step around it but make sure you don’t put too much pressure onto the roots.
11. Water the plant and you’re done!.

CARE AFTER PLANTING

You should water the tree twice every day. (In the morning before school and just before home time.)

You can prune the tree any time of the year. Leaves and anything dead that’s on the tree would be a good thing to get rid of.

Yellow leaves indicate the tree needs water or fertilizer, the tree needs fertilizer about every six months. It’s best to use composted fertilizer than just fertilizer.

This is the plan for planting our lemon tree by our Lemon Team- Ishita, Andrea, Israr, Benson, Wynstan and Tania