Tree planting tool

5. Tools to buy or borrow -

a. Pick/hoe
b. Barretta
c. Shovel
d. Hand spades
e. Machete(bolo),
f. Water container (used-1 gallon mineral water bottles).

Stake your saplings.

6. Stake your saplings. Always mark your newly planted saplings with 2-4 stakes. The larger (the more conspicuous) the better, so as to ensure these are not accidentally trampled upon or cut.

Document your work.

7. Take a photo of the newly planted saplings and note its height, date of planting and the name of the planter.

8. Make an area map indicating what you planted where and keep an inventory of your trees. This will help you monitor their survival and growth. You may also want to track their growth by occasionally measuring and noting their height.

Make a plot map.(click here)