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FIGURE 7.4
Locating Planting Holes Using a Tractor and Shank
just the spacing bar for one-half the distance between trees within rows.
Use one edge line of the planting block as a reference line and plow a fur-
row. Every other intersection of this new furrow with the tree crop rows is
the location for planting a tree. Staggering the planting hole locations in
adjacent rows creates a triangular tree layout that maximizes the dis-
tance between trees. Repeat using each new furrow as a reference line.
However you dig them, make sure the holes are large enough to place the
roots inside without bending any of the roots or crowding them together
against the sides of the hole. In most cases, planting holes 18 inches in dia-
meter and 18 inches deep should suffice. Ball-and -burlap trees will require
larger holes. If in doubt, measure the root balls or spread of the bare roots,
