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106 | CITY OF PLEASANTON URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN <br />URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES <br />1.3.2 Establishment Care <br />Establishment care refers to the maintenance actions that <br />are taken to ensure a newly planted tree successfully <br />transplants into the landscape. These actions typically include <br />supplemental watering, keeping the watering basin free <br />of weeds and debris, adjusting stakes and ties, structural <br />pruning, and adding mulch. The amount of time a tree will <br />need establishment care can vary based on annual rainfall, <br />annual temperatures, and the consistency of supplemental <br />watering. Pleasanton historically experiences mild, wet <br />winters and hot, dry summers. It is expected that future <br />climate conditions will make these seasonal conditions <br />more variable, with more extreme weather events, extended <br />periods of drought, and severe heat. Based on these <br />factors, three years of establishment care is a recommended <br />timeframe to ensure newly planted trees successfully <br />transplant into the landscape. Industry best management <br />practices for establishment care can be found in Appendix J. <br />Current Practices <br />The expansion of tree planting efforts has been significantly <br />hindered by limited budget and labor allocations, particularly <br />in the area of tree watering. This constraint has resulted in <br />the City not being able to plant as many new trees as the <br />number of trees they are removing annually. If the City is to <br />achieve its canopy goal of all neighborhoods reaching 25%