How to Plant a Tree in Burlap

Overview

Burlap provides a textured and porous material in which to plant trees and a variety of other plants. Planting a tree in burlap allows you the ease of transplanting once the tree is mature enough to be placed into the ground. A simplistic process for even the novice gardener, knowing how to plant a tree in burlap provides you with a beneficial and attractive container.

Step 1

Fill a wheelbarrow with about 25 lbs. of organic potting soil and 10 lbs. of kitchen compost.

Step 2

Use a shovel to thoroughly mix the contents of the wheelbarrow to disperse the compost throughout the soil evenly.

Step 3

Fill a burlap sack with half of the compost and soil mixture. A 40 lb. burlap sack will be filled a little under halfway with this mixture. Bag the other half of the mixture for transplanting the tree later.

Step 4

Dig out a 5-inch-deep burrow, using your hands, in the center of the burlap sack filled with soil and compost.

Step 5

Place the tree seedling into the burrow, making sure to cradle the root ball for protection.

Step 6

Surround the plant with a mound of soil, filling in the burrow around it. This protects the roots after planting it.

Step 7

Administer approximately a gallon of water to the tree seedling. Follow this watering schedule once a week until the seedling is ready to be transplanted into the ground.