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DLH 5A GUIDELINES FOR GOOD PLANTING PRACTICES. PART IV (4) in National…

- - - - i. Ground cover
        Polybag size - 150mm
        Plant size - 150mm overall height, with a min. 9 tree cuttings.
        
        ii. Shrubs
        Overall height minimum 150mm, maximum 1000mm, canopy size minimum 300mm diameter.
        
        iii. Main Plant
        
        a. Standard Tree
        Size: 2100mm 3000mm overall height
        Stem diameter: 25mm 75mm
        Polybag size: 600mm x 600mm
        The main stem is straight and has a good branching system.
        
        b. Semi mature tree (semi mature / instant)
        Size: 3000mm 5000mm overall height
        Stem diameter: 75mm 150mm
        Polybag size: 750mm x 750mm
        The main stem is straight and has a good branching system.
        
        c. Mature tree (mature / instant tree)
        Size over 5000mm total height.
        Stem diameter: 75mm 150mm
        The tree is healthy, the trunk is straight and has a good posture.
        
        iv. Palm
        
        a. Single-stemmed palm
        Minimum size 1200mm trunk height (thrunk height) Straight trunk and lush leaves.
        
        b. Clustered palms
        Minimum size 750mm trunk height (thrunk height) Minimum 3 palm trunks in one clump.
- - - - I. Mark the planting area.
      - II. Dig a planting hole 150mm deep.
      - III. Add mixed soil. If the plants are grouped, the soil mixture needs to be formed into a high limit 100mm.
      - IV. Remove plant material. If the roots are too dense, loosen the roots before planting.
      - V. Plant and compact the soil. i. Water as soon as the planting work is completed.
    - - I. Clean the site from stones, wood and weeds.
        
        II. Plow/loosen the soil, minimum 150mm depth.
        
        III. Improve drainage if areas are identified as having water retention problems. If necessary, provide underground drainage.
        
        IV. Level the planting area.
        
        V. Loosen the surface of the soil and level it with a scraper.
        
        VI. Spray the nursery with pre-emergence herbicide.
        
        VII. Sow fertilizer after a week of spraying poison. Spreading lime should be done if the original soil is an acidic type of soil. Note the amount of lime sprinkled is guided by the level of soil acidity and also by the plant's tolerance to soil acidity.
        
        VIII. Moisten the soil. Notes : For football field or playground areas, the ground needs to be leveled to obtain a minimum slope of 1:60 (to avoid water reservoirs)
      - Spot turfing
        
        a. The grass planting distance is 150mm x 150mm x 150mm. The minimum size of each piece is 150mm.
        
        b. Once the lumps are spread, compact them by trampling them with your feet or other suitable means.
        
        c. The space between the plants should be filled with mixed soil.
        
        d. Water as soon as the planting work is completed.
        
        e. Cultivation on hillsides using the peg method
      - Planting areas must be free from weeds before planting.
        
        Mix grass seeds with liquid Spray on the planting area.
        
        Make sure the planting area is always supplied with enough water to ensure the growth of the seeds.
        
        Held in the summer
- - - - iii. Need to be provided irrigation holes for irrigation and ventilation of the root system.
      - iv. Iron mesh and perforated concrete sheets as planting pit cover, especially in municipalities.
      - v. For a large area, planting grass interspersed with bricks can promote aeration to the roots of trees other than providing beauty.
        
        vi. The use and provision of ventilation and fertilizing ducts using perforated PVC pipes is encouraged. Pipes must be measuring 75mm and planted 450mm deep opposite both sides of the tree.
- - - - STAKING
        
        DEFINITION
        
        The purpose of staking is to ensure the plant material grows upright and straight other than as a support. Staking used for landscape work refer to hard wood or steel rods. Other stakes are not allowed to be used.
        
        STAKING METHOD
        
        Staking using steel wire
        
        this technique of staking does not use a staking stick. The steel wire is inserted into a rubber tube, tied to the plant material and the steel wire is then tied to a small stake. These small stakes need to be staked at a 45 degree angle on the ground outside the planting hole area. It is recommended to use 'turn buckle' for the purpose of holding the steel wire over time.
        
        Staking using wood
        
        Four-cornered staking
        this method uses 4 stakes planted at a 20 degree angle in the planting hole. Square stakes are nailed in each corner of the stake. Make sure the plant material is wrapped in burlap to prevent skin damage.
        
        Double staking
        this method uses 2 stakes. A stick is used as a cross stick and is nailed at the corner of the stake that works as a stake stick. Rubber-hose guying wire is used to tie stakes and plant material
        
        Rubber-hose guying wire
        
        Rubber-hose guying wire, is a binding technique using a wire with a small rubber insert. The rubber hose must be placed completely in the area of the stem of the plant material and the bond is made in the middle between the stake and the plant material. This technique usually uses one or two stakes, depending on the suitability and purpose of the support.
        
        STAKING WOOD SIZE
        
        SHRUBS
        minimum 20mm x 20mm x 300m based on the height of the shrub
        
        TREES/PALM
        50mm x 50mm x 3000mm
- - - - In Planter Boxes and Pots
        
        i) The minimum size of the plant box is 1.0m high x 1.5m wide. For the purpose of planting main trees and palms, the minimum size of the plant box is 1.5m high and 1.5m wide. For pots, the size of the pot must be appropriate to the size of the plant material. Plant boxes and pots must have holes to drain excess water out.
        
        ii) Fill 1/3 of the plant box/pot with pebbles for water and air irrigation purposes.
        
        iii) Add a little mixed soil as "bedding".
        
        iv) Plant the plant material in the desired order, make sure the plant is upright and straight.
        
        v) Fill the soil mixture.
        
        vi) Compact the soil.
        
        vii) Water as soon as the planting work is completed.
      - Transplant
        
        i) Mark the area to be dug around the tree. The size of excavation area must not be less than 4 times the width and the size of the diameter of the tree trunk.
        
        ii) Divide the village into 4 parts.
        
        iii) Excavate the soil with appropriate equipment. The cut root should be covered with wound dressing to protect the exposed root tip.
        
        iv) Digging the second village head and repeat the leaving as process in (iii).
        
        v) Repeat the process (iii) for the third and fourth parts.
      - A mature tree (matured/instant plant)
        
        A tree that has reached it's maximum growth level.
        
        The technique of transplanting of mature trees carried out in landscape work is aimed at obtaining an immediate planting effect.
      - Semi-mature plant
        
        A tree that has grown and it's still growing.
        
        Planting semi-mature trees is always done in landscape work to get the best planting effect.