With sycamore, a deciduous tree of superlatives will find its way into your garden. Have you familiarized yourself with its enormous dimensions in the profile and have you chosen the sublime Acer pseudoplatanus as your house tree for your green realm? Then this guide will answer all the important questions about professional planting.

A sycamore maple can be planted all year round

When is the best planting time?

Large trees, such as sycamore, are offered by competent tree nurseries in a wide variety of growth forms and price ranges, ranging from 1.79 euros for one-year-old, bare-rooted goods to a whopping 1,500 euros for a 700 cm high young tree with wire ball that has been transplanted 4 times. We have summarized recommended planting times for the respective growth forms for you below:

  • All year round when there is no frost: container plants and balled goods as standard or half-stem
  • From October to April: bare root young plants

Which location does a sycamore prefer?

A sycamore maple unfolds in all its glory in a sunny to partially shaded location. Compared to the soil quality, the Rübezahl is undemanding among the maple species. It prefers to stretch out its roots in fresh, moist, calcareous soil that cannot become waterlogged.

What should be considered when planting?

Place the young sycamore with the root ball and container or ball cloth in water before you devote yourself to the planting pit. How to proceed:

  • Dig a pit twice the volume of the root ball
  • Mix one third of the excavation with mature compost and a few handfuls of horn shavings
  • Remove the container, leave the root ball on the root ball for the time being
  • Position the sycamore in the center of the planting hole
  • Just open the bale cloth, because it decomposes by itself
  • Drive a support stake into the ground next to the root system

It is important to note that the previous planting depth of the tree is maintained. Pour the soil-compost mixture into the pit, tread down the substrate and water thoroughly. Please connect the support post and tree trunk with a wide, weatherproof band in the shape of an 8. Water generously every day for the first 14 days.

tips

A change of location for the sycamore can be useful for a variety of reasons. You can transplant a maple within the first four years. The best time for this measure is between November and April. Older specimens, on the other hand, rarely survive the strain.

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