Do you have to remove potting covers when planting trees?

Seek out the solution about controversy - whether or not to remove the soil cover.

Do you have to remove potting covers for soil when planting trees?

The huge thunderstorm rain suddenly hit Hanoi on the afternoon of June 13, causing many trees to fall on the streets. After the thunderstorm, people found that the soil of plants that had been " defeated " by this wind remained intact.

Photos of trees turned on the roadside after the thunderstorms in the afternoon of June 13 (Photo source: Vietnamnet)

Some people believe that this way of planting is wrong because the other soil wrap will be the factor that makes the tree grow slowly, even "collapsed" without the storm.

First of all, we need to know the process of hitting trees - planting basic plants .

Normally, after brushing the tree to take it to plant in a new location, the grower often wraps a potting cover for the tree to keep the moisture and keeps the soil firm, not broken on the way.

This cover can be a net, a plastic bag, a pineapple bag . as long as the cover is very firm, protecting the potting soil for the tree.

When planting trees, growers will remove this layer to allow the roots to be hydrated more easily to young roots. Gradually, young roots grow, have a deep digging into the ground to help the plants stick well.

If you accidentally forget this cover, you will make the roots of the plant unable to grow. Along with that, the tree will be difficult to absorb water and organic matter in the soil.

The lack of a wide range of food, deep into the soil of the roots will make the plant grow poorly, difficult to stand, wither and die.

Growing too shallow is also the reason for the plants to break easily.(Photo: Vietnamnet)

Moreover, the roots of the pile when encountering obstacles will be bent and inadvertently affected by its effects become horizontal roots - making plants easy to fall when the wind is strong.

Besides, you also need to pay attention to the depth or distance to bury the tree soil to the road surface. According to experts, depending on the size of the soil, you will dig a hole with a height of 2-3 times the height of the soil. This will help your potting soil stay straight, firm and easier to grow.

. and biodegradable plastic potting mixes help protect the environment

On the market, a biodegradable polybag has been developed to help stabilize plants in the early stages, prevent pests, and harmful microorganisms that cause root rot.

After 1-2 years, when the tree is hard, the plastic bag will decompose into powder and young roots are still growing normally. That's why some newly planted plants don't need to wrap their potting bags, when their roots are strong enough, they will puncture this delicate sheath and reach out and grow.

Simply understood, this biodegradable plastic bag will have a decomposition process in two stages. First, the molecules of the plastic film are stretched, become hard and decay into microscopic debris due to the effects of nature such as sunlight, oxygen, temperature .

Then they continue to convert into carbon dioxide , water and bio-mass absorbed by microorganisms. All these components will integrate into the environment according to natural biological processes.

The self-destruct time can be 6 months, 1 year, 2 years or longer, depending on environmental conditions. It is worth mentioning that using biodegradable plastic bags is completely healthy about the environment , causing no environmental damage or bad consequences.

According to experts, if it is self-destructive plastic material, it is not accurate to remove it, because it will decompose itself over time. However, this biodegradable plastic material is not really popular and has just been applied to small plants, big trees have not been widely used.