{"id":9600,"date":"2017-07-25T15:59:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T15:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=9600"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:02:02","slug":"publication-tree-support-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/publication-tree-support-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"When do you stake a tree? See Tree Support Systems publication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FNR-547-W.jpg\" alt=\"FNR-547-W Cover Page\" width=\"188\" height=\"255\" \/>Trees establish themselves quite well in normal situations. However, in special situations, staking, guying, or a similar system may be needed to hold trees upright until adequate root growth anchors them firmly in the soil. The Publication <a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-547-W\">Tree Support Systems<\/a> answers common questions about post-planting tree care.\u00a0It describes when to stake trees, how to stake and guy trees, and proper methods of trunk protection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-538-WV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree Planting Part 1: Choosing a Tree<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-534-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree Pruning: What Do Trees Think?<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-IDNR-414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forest Improvement Handbook<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/got-nature-blog\/\">Got Nature?<\/a>, Purdue Extension, Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lpconsultinggroup.org\/about-lindsey-purcell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindsey Purcell<\/a>, Urban Forestry Specialist<br \/>\nPurdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trees establish themselves quite well in normal situations. However, in special situations, staking, guying, or a similar system may be needed to hold trees upright until adequate root growth anchors them firmly in the soil. The Publication Tree Support Systems answers common questions about post-planting tree care.\u00a0It describes when to stake trees, how to stake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,80,53],"tags":[413,680,257,707,408],"class_list":["post-9600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-trees","category-urbanforestry","tag-publication","tag-purdue-education-store","tag-purdue-extension","tag-support-systems","tag-trees","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9600"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34180,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600\/revisions\/34180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}