Today we planted some Rata trees at school, the other name for Rata is Southern Pohutakawa. We had to measure out where we were going to plant them. There had to be 5 metres between each tree, as they grow quite large. We then had to dig out the hole (well Mr Cooke did that for us, as the ground was quite hard). Once the hole was dug we added some mulch/compost (from our worm farms), more soil and then planted the tree. We pushed the soil tightly around the base of the tree. We then placed a protective shield around our tree (Possums like Rata trees) and some stones.
We put the sprinkler on the tree, to allow it to have moist soil, and to encourage it to grow.
We will add some photos at a later date. Next time you are down at school, go and have a look at them. Hopefully if all goes well, these trees will grow over the years!!
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