After planting the trees, constant care is necessary to get the desired effect.
Different necessary operations are:
1. Staking:
Staking is necessary to keep the trunk of trees straight otherwise trunk would bend and plants make abnormal growth. Stake should be such that it suits the size of the tree and should be strong enough to provide the support. For this mostly, straight bamboos or iron bars can be used. It should be placed about 5 cm away from the main trunk so that it does not harm root system.
2. Fencing and tree guards:
Young trees need protection against grazing by animals, human carelessness and adverse weather conditions until they are fully established. The type of fencing depends upon factors like cost involved and availability of material.
Most common and cheap fencing is obtained by putting thorny bushes around the tree. Other materials like bricks, perforated bitumen drum and wire netting are also used. These all materials make the poor aesthetic effect and hence, cemented architectural structures or fabricated iron tree guards though little costly can be used.
3. Weeding:
Weeding is important to prevent the shadowing and suffocation of young trees by vigorous growing weeds until these trees outgrow surrounding vegetation. Two to three weeding’s are sufficient in a year.
4. Irrigation:
Irrigation in first few years must be done regularly and according to requirement. Watering during hot and dry period is necessary.
5. Gap filling:
Replacement of dead trees is also very important and replanting should be done at the earliest with the tree of same age so that it does not disturb the uniformity of the trees.
6. Training of young trees:
All dead wood, misshapen or dangerous branches hanging over roads, buildings, etc. should be cut. Damaged or decayed branches should be cut away. All cuts more than 5 cm should be painted with Bordeaux mixture against the attack of pathogens.