Description Tree Stake Kit to prevent root rocking whilst a new tree establishes in the ground. Ideal to support mature 9, 12, 20 litre and taller Eucalyptus.   Kit includes: 2 Pressure treated soft wood tree stakes – 1.8m nom. tall, allowing you to put 450-600mm into the ground 1 x Timber cross rail, Screws to assemble, 1 x Soft, biodegradable hessian tree belt.   Installation: So that the tree is blown away from the cross rail in a gale, knock about 600mm of each stake into the ground up wind of the tree; one either side of the root ball. Avoid puncturing the root ball. Screw the cross rail to join the two stakes together.  Wrap the tree belt flat around the tree trunk a couple of times and then wrap it around the middle of the cross rail and screw into position. Monitor over the growing season to ensure the belt does not dig into the trunk.  Visit and check your tree on a weekly basis for the first couple of years.  Inspect the tree stake also, to ensure that it is sound and doing its job properly.   Please note: photograph shows a H-section stake with hessian tree belt surrounded by a chicken wire rabbit guard with its own support stake and cable ties. Chicken wire, support stake and cable ties are not included with this kit.  The tree stake should only be deployed in supporting your tree for one year from planting.  At this point the biodegradable tree belt should have rotted off, which is precisely what it is designed to do.  The tree stake should now be redundant and will most likely have rotted where it meets the soil; this is to be expected. If your tree requires further support, please reduce the head of the tree, by pruning at the correct time of year (March or June); you can reduce the head in September if your site is subjected to vicious autumn gales. Install a new tree stake at 45 degrees to the normal – cross staking and secure the tree using a new hessian tree belt. Hardy Eucalyptus and Grafton Nursery can not assume liability for any damage caused by strong winds and/or failing tree stakes