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Topic 6: Planting Techniques & Selection
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Topic 1: Course Introduction
Topic 2: How Trees Grow
Topic 3: Tree Evaluation & Hazards
Topic 4: Causes of Tree Failure/Damage/Decline
Topic 5: Value of Trees
Topic 6: Planting Techniques & Selection
Topic 7: Fertilization
Topic 8: Pruning
Topic 9: Perennials
Topic 10: CU Structural Soil and other Urban Planting Technology
Labs
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Lab 1: ID Tree Hazards & Defects
Lab 2: Tree Measurement & Evaluation
Lab 3: Evaluate, Rate, Measure Campus Trees
Lab 4: Calculating Tree Values
Lab 5: Evaluating and Choosing Nursery Stock
Lab 6: Site Assessment
Lab 7: Planting Project and "Dig Safe"
Lab 8: Fertilizing Trees & Shrubs
Lab 9/10: Pruning
Lab 11: Evaluating Plans and Designing with Perennials
Lab 12: Winterizing Nursery Stock; Ground cover/bulb calculations
Lab 13: Hardwood Cuttings/Seed Collection
Lab 14: Tool Sharpening and Cleaning
Optional/Substiute Labs
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Sub-Lab 1: Protecting Trees During Construction
Sub-Lab 2: Bulb Planting/Fall Herbaceous Plant Care/Bed Winterization
Documents
Lecture Outline: Planting Tecniques & Selection
Homework 4
Readings
Cornell Guide for Planting and Maintaining Trees and Shrubs
By G. Good and R. Weir
Guidelines for Planting Trees and Shrubs
From the UMass Amherst Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Creating the Urban Forest: The Bare Root Method
From the Department of Horticulture at Cornell University
Bare Root Tree Planting
By Nina Bassuk of Cornell University
Dig Safe Website
"Death Ray" Reflected Light Video
Las Vegas Vdara Hotel Cooks People Alive (from YouTube).
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