What are the supplies I need to plant a tree or shrub?

Here’s a starting point of supplies you’ll need to purchase or bring to your tree/shrub planting job. Talk with your Account Representative to add them to your order:

• Trees, shrubs, and plants that will be planted

• Tarp to cover plants during transport; also used during the digging process

• Appropriate size shovels

• Wheelbarrow

• Ball cart or skid steer (for large B&B or package trees)

• PlantRight Guarantee supplies: 

• PlantRight Bio-Life 800+

• PlantRight Compost

• PlantRight bucket to mix Bio-Life 800+ in

• PlantRight measuring cup to measure and drench Bio-Life 800+ solution

• Mulch (color requested by your customer)

• Lodge poles if staking trees

• Post driver or sledgehammer to drive lodge poles into soil

• Nylon tree straps and wire if staking trees

• Bolt cutters to cut tree basket away from rootball

• Knife to remove twine, shrink wrap, and burlap from rootball or to score girdling root mass