The planting hole should be the same depth as the rootball and twice as wide. The trees roots will penetrate the wall of the planting hole easier if it is not smooth. This tree is being planted at Miller-Jordan Middle School in San Benito
A group of Miller-Jordan Middle school students and staff. Be sure to remove the growbag before you roll the oak into the planting hole! It's much easier that way.
Miller-Jordan Middle School staff and students planting a live oak tree during All Valley Arbor Month.
Rolling the tree into place at Rodriguez Elementary in Harlingen
One of the Rodriguez Elementary students read a poem during their tree planting ceremony
Students at Dr. Rodriguez Elementary in Harlingen planting a live oak tree on their campus
The shovels were not just for looks - or for the adults. All the students helps out! - Rodriguez Elementary, Harlingen
Dr. Rodriguez Elementary students help plant a live oak during All Valley Arbor month
Large and small, everyone pitched in to get these new live oaks planted! Rodriguez Elementary, Harlingen
Rodriguez Elementary ACE students during their tree planting ceremony
The students at Dr. Rodriguez Elementary in Harlingen took turns helping to plant their two new live oak trees
Principal Traci Muir Gonzalez with a couple of hard working students!
A group from Rodriguez Elementary in Harlingen preparing to plant a few live oak trees.
More Rodriguez Elementary students filling in the planting hole.
Segunda Iglesia Presbiteriana planting the two live oaks trees they received from our "100 Trees for 100 Years" program
It looks like they ammended the soil with some humis or compost. Segunda Iglesia Presbiteriana, Harlingen, TX
The men of the church spent a Saturday morning in February beautifying their church grounds. Segunda Iglesia Presbiteriana, Harlingen, TX
Members of Segunda Iglesia Presbiteriana in Harlingen admire one of their new live oaks.
The Marine Military Academy plants one of its live oak trees. Gardening with heavy equipment! What could be better!
The plantinghole was dug a little bit deep. Students are leaning the tree a bit so dirt can be place under the rootball. Planting a tree deeper than it has been growing will kill it.
This tree will give some much needed shade for Wilson Elementary students. The GT students will be monitoring and caring for it.
Wilson Elementary students celebrated Harlingen's 100th birthday by planting a live oak
They all took turns filling in the planting hole
GT (Gifted & Talented) students at Wilson Elementary planted one of our live oak trees on Friday, February 12th
Dee Dee Reza and her Jr. Master Gardeners help with San Benito's Arbor Day tree planting
Now that's the kind of tree planting equipment and crew I like!
The backhoe had dug too deep a hole so dirt had to be place back into the planting hole. Remember, a tree should be planted at the same depth it has been growing. Cover up the root flare and the tree eventually dies.
Removing the inground bag this live oak has been growing in the past five years. The mesh in the sides of the bag prune the roots, causing a more fibrous and dense root system.
As the bag gets ripped off the rootball, it prunes the small fibrous roots - this causes the tree to put out more roots.
Ms. Reza's students mixed compost with the native dirt before refilling the planting hole.
All the Jr. Master Gardeners took turns helping plant the live oak tree at the Cameron County Fairgrounds
Harlingen High School FFA students planting one of the trees the campus received from our 100 Trees for 100 Years program
HHS students checking the depth of the planting hole
Harlingen High students removing the Rootmaker bag from the Live Oak tree.
Harlingen High students filling the hole.
Big trees takes lots of strength to move around when you're planting them. Harlingen High's FFA students did a great job! I'll bet they learned alot about the proper way to plant a tree
This planting hole is a little deep - They had to remove the tree and fill in the bottom a few inches. A tree should be planted at the same depth that it has been growing
And now the Harlingen High students add the native soil back into the planting hole.
Great job, Harlingen High FFA!
Harlingen High FFA students complete this portion of their beautification project.
It takes more than one or two persons to handle these large live oak trees!
Almost there!
