YES NO 8 people found this helpful. â The city provided numerous concessions to the soccer team's ownership group in the form of tax rebates in order to ensure the stadium was built locally.
Once the tree is upright, tamp the soil around it with your shoes and water it thoroughly. This settles the soil into place. Once the tree is straight, you have to keep it that way for several years. If it is six to ten feet tall, drive a sturdy six-foot long stake two feet from the trunk on each side of the tree. Loop one inch wide nylon belting loosely around the trunk and stake.
Look for broken, damaged or diseased branches and remove them first, cutting back to a growth point or lateral shoot located in healthy, undamaged wood using a pair of scissor-type hand shears. If the branch is severely damaged or diseased, remove it entirely.. Prune away the ends of the branches that extend past the perimeter guide strings. Cut back each outlying branch to growth node or lateral branch just inside of the perimeter line. Make the cut at a 45 degree angle, one-quarter inch above the node or lateral branch.