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584 SECTION 654 TREE AND SHRUB PLANTING 654.1 -DESCRIPTION : This work shall consist of furnishing, delivering, and planting nursery -grown or collected plants, in accordance with these Specifications and at locations shown on the Plans or designated by the Engineer. This work shall include the furnishing of topsoil and related materials together with all other work including clean -up of planted areas. 654.2 -MATERIALS : 654.2.1 -Topsoil: Topsoil for plant backfill shall conform to the applicable requirements of section 651. 654.2.2 -Water: Water shall conform to the requirements in subsection 652.2. 654.2.3 -Ground Agricultural Limestone: Ground agricultural limestone shall conform to the requirements of subsection 715.25. 654.2.4 -Fertilizer: Fertilizer for landscape plantings shall conform to the applicable requirements of subsection 715.26. 654.2.5 -Mulch and Mulch Anchor: Mulch for landscape plantings shall conform to the requirements of subsection 715.27.2. 654.2.6 -Trees and Shrubs: Trees and shrubs shall conform to the re quirements of subsection 715.35. The trees and shrubs shall be true to the type and size indicated on the Plans. Collected plants may be used in place of nursery grown plants only when called for on the plans. 654.2.7 -Tree Paint: Tree paint shall co nform to the requirements of subsection 715.36. 654.2.8 -Miscellaneous Materials: Wire, hose, stakes, tree wrapping paper, anti -desiccant spray, and other incidental materials shall conform to the requirements of subsection 715.37. CONSTRUCTION METHODS 654.3 -INSPECTION AND DELIVERY OF PLANT MATERIAL : The Contractor shall notify the Engineer at least five days in advance of digging or shipping of plants from the nursery or collecting source. All plants will be subject to inspection where growing in the nurseries or collecting areas. All plants shall be dug with care by experienced workmen, retaining essential roots and avoiding mechanical damage to root systems. All plants shall arrive with their roots in a moist and healthy condition. Each species or variety shall be handled and packaged in an approved manner and as required by soil and climatic conditions at the time of digging, with due regard to conditions of shipment and time to be consumed in transit and delivery. All plants shall be legibly tagged with name and size. All balled and burlapped plants shall be handled by the earth ball only. 585 All evergreen and all deciduous trees, regardless of size, and a ll other plants so designated on the Plans shall be balled and burlapped for shipment. All such plants shall be so dug and transported as to provide and retain a firm ball of earth. All balled and all bare -root material shall be adequately protected from severe changes in temperature and wind -burn while in transit. Upon delivery to the Project, plants will be inspected for number, type, species, size, quality, and condition. Defects or injuries, such as dried out or broken roots and tops, evidence of "sweating", mildew, freezing, or broken or manufactured rootballs, will be cause for rejection, and immediate steps shall be taken to replace rejected plants. 654.4 -CARE AFTER DELIVERY : Plant materi al delivered to the Project and accepted shall be planted immediately, or "heeled -in" in moist soil or other approved moist material in a manner as shown on the Plans. All "heeled -in" plants shall be kept moist and protected until planted. 654.5 -DIGGING HOLES FOR PLANTS : Planting holes shall be excavated according to the following table: Planting Hole Diameter (Inches) Rootball Planting Hole Rootball Panting Hole 8 20 28 49 10 22 32 56 12 24 38 66 14 28 42 73 16 32 48 84 18 34 54 94 20 36 60 105 22 38 72 126 24 42 --- --- The depth of the hole shall extend eight ( 8) inches below the depth of the rootball. During normal weather conditions, digging and planting holes may be allowed as much as two weeks in advance of planting. During hot dry weather, the planting holes shall be dug just prior to planting. When holes present a hazard along the highway, they should be dug immediately prior to planting. Planting holes for container grown plants shall be dug to the size required for the equivalent balled and burlapped plants. 654.6 -PLANT BACKFILL : All backfill for planting shall be four (4) parts topsoil mixed with one (1) part peat moss (loose measurement) or other approved additive. Eight (8) pounds of fertilizer shall be added per cubic yard of backfill and bulk mixed with the topsoil and peat m oss. Any adjustment needed in the pH reaction of the backfill material will be specified in the Plans. The rate of fertilizer application for individual plant replacement shall be as follows: Deciduous trees -1 lb/in ch Diameter Evergreen trees -One pound per tree Small flowering trees -One pound per tree Shrubs -One-half pound per plant. No backfill in a frozen or muddy condition shall be used. 654.7 -PLANTING : 654.7.1 -Planting Season: Planting season for balled and burlapped evergreens shall begin September 15. Planting season for all deciduous balled and burlapped plants and all bare root plants shall begin October 15. No bare root plants shall be planted during freezing temperatur e. The cut -off date for fall planting and the starting date for spring planting will be determined by the Engineer. All initial planting shall be completed by May 20. Any extension of time granted due to a delay in giving notice to proceed, as indicate d in the Proposal, is not intended to extend the initial planting deadline of May 20. It is the intent of this specification that all plants shall be in the planting holes by May 20. Should there be a delay in giving notice to proceed, the staking, guyin g, wrapping, and other incidental items may be deferred by the Engineer until all plants are placed in the planting holes. Such approval of the planting procedure will not relieve the Contractor of their responsibility for loss of any plants. 654.7.2 -Planting Method: All balled and burlapped plants shall be planted so the top of the ball is slightly above the natural ground level to allow for normal settlement unless otherwise specified on the Plans. When planting beds, the individual plants shall be s elected and arranged according to spread and height to present a uniform appearance. Backfill material under the rootball or roots shall be tamped prior to placing the plant in the hole. When planting balled and burlapped plants, the burlap and twine m ay be left intact; however, any twine attached to the stem and considered to have a girding or detrimental effect shall be removed. Bare -rooted plants shall be placed in the planting holes with the roots spread out in a natural position while the specifie d backfill is placed. Nonplantable containers shall be carefully removed from all container grown or potted plants immediately prior to planting. Planting beds shall be prepared by destroying the existing vegetation before excavating the planting holes. Recommendations for control of existing vegetation will be shown on the Plans. Sufficient amounts of water, without puddling, shall be used in the process of planting to settle the backfill material around the roots or ball. Additional backfill materi al shall be placed and further compaction accomplished by tamping. This watering is not to be confused with the maintenance procedure in subsection 654.14.1. During the initial planting period, September 15 to May 20, any plant determined by the Engineer not to be in an acceptable growing condition, or failing to meet other requirements of these specifications, shall be removed from the project and replaced immediately with nursery stock meeting the specifications. It is the intent of this specif ication that all plants shall be alive at the beginning of the growing season. 654.8 -PRUNING : Primarily, all dead and broken branches shall be removed from deciduous and evergreen plant material during the pr ocess of planting. Further pruning shall be carried on in accordance with the normal nursery practice or as directed by the Engineer. All cuts over one ( 1) inch shall be painted with a tree paint. 587 654.9 -STAKING AND GUYING : All deciduous and evergreen trees and all ornamental flowering trees (including multiple stem) shall be staked in accordance with tree staking details shown on the Plans and to the satisfaction of the Engineer.