OPEN_796_EAONE_LANDSCAPE_SPECIFICATION 10 Aug 2016 APPENDIX 9
750 PLANTING MAINTENANCE GENERALLY • Weed control: Maintain weed free area around each tree and shrub. - Diameter (minimum): The larger of 1 m or the surface of original planting pit. - Keep planting beds clear of weeds: By use of approved non-residual herbicides.
• Planted areas: Fork over beds as necessary to keep soil loose, with gentle cambers and no hollows. Take care not to reduce depth or effect of mulch.
• Precautions: Ensure that trees and shrubs are not damaged by use of mowers, nylon filament rotary cutters and similar powered tools.
• Staking: Check condition of stakes, ties, guys and guards. - Broken or missing items: Replace. - Rubbing: Prevent. - Ties: Adjust to accommodate growth. - Damage to bark: Cut back neatly with sharp knife. Prevent further damage. - Frequency of checks: At each scheduled maintenance visit.
• Firming up: Gently firm loosened soil around trees/ shrubs. Straighten leaning trees/ shrubs.
• Trees: Spray crown when in leaf during warm weather. - Timing: After dusk.
• Watering: When instructed.
760 PLANTING MAINTENANCE - PRUNING • General: Prune to promote healthy growth and natural shape. - Dead, dying, diseased wood and suckers: Remove. - Timing: As appropriate to the species. - Trees: Favour a single central leading shoot. • Arisings: Remove.
770 WOODLAND PLANTING MAINTENANCE • Watering: Only as necessary to prevent plants wilting. • Loose plants: Refirm surrounding soil, without compacting. • Weed control: Cut down and remove weeds prior to setting seed in a 1 m diameter area around each tree.
• Vegetation except trees and coppice shoots to be retained: Cut within the plantation area. - Height (maximum): 50 mm. - Arisings: Leave between rows.
• Mechanical, chemical or mulching methods of vegetation control: Submit proposals. • Ditches and drains: Keep clear. • Watering: When instructed.
780 MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS • General: Before end of the maintenance period, submit printed instructions recommending procedures to be established by the Employer for maintenance of the planting work for one full year: Provide a schedule of any ongoing maintenance problems experienced during the rectification period.
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