Apply the ISA planting sequence to prevent common establishment failures.
The crew is installing a container oak with a hidden trunk flare, circling roots, and a narrow deep hole. Expose flare, correct roots, set shallow and broad, backfill carefully, mulch correctly, then schedule water. The common shortcut is to drop the root ball into the pre-dug hole and hide defects with mulch because the tree looks straight when the crew leaves. Before Post-hole shape, hidden flare, circling roots, mulch ready to cover the stem. After Root flare visible, roots corrected, hole 2 to 3 times wider than the ball, mulch pulled back from the trunk, watering assigned. Expose Remove excess…
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