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Shipping containers containing shrubs will be opened only in full shade, and must not be <br /> exposed to direct sunlight. Shipping containers will not be dropped or tossed. Punctured or <br /> torn shipping containers must be immediately sealed. <br /> Shrubs will not be removed from shipping containers until needed for planting. <br /> Shrubs will be planted without root or top pruning. If culling is necessary, or if mold, dry roots, <br /> evidence of injury or dying is observed, the condition will be immediately brought to the attention <br /> of the PROJECT MANAGER. <br /> Shrubs will not be removed from the cell until immediately before planting. They will be gently <br /> removed one at a time to prevent injury; and quickly and gently inserted into the planting hole. <br /> Shrubs carried in trays will not exceed the amount that can be carried and removed without <br /> injury, or which can be planted before critical heating or drying occurs. Shrubs placed in bags <br /> or trays must be planted out and not returned to storage. <br /> Spacing, Spot Selection, and Planting Spot <br /> Shrubs will be planted on the mine bench outslopes and at the toe of each slope. The shrubs <br /> will be planted on a tightly spaced pattern, typically within three to four feet (3'—4') of each <br /> other in rows. Shrubs will typically be planted in rows that extend parallel with contour. The first <br /> row to be planted will the furthest upslope row. The shrubs will be planted three to four feet (3' <br /> —4') apart from one another as measured perpendicular to the fall of the slope. The second row <br /> of shrubs will be planted approximately three to four feet (3'—4') down slope of the first row, but <br /> the row will be offset so that the shrubs are centered in the space between the shrubs of the first <br /> row. Two more rows of shrubs will be planted below the second row, each having the same <br /> offset and plant to plant distances. PROJECT MANAGER will delineate the planting areas in <br /> the field during construction. <br /> Before constructing the planting hole, CONTRACTOR will clear the planting spot of all limbs, <br /> logs, bark, rotten wood, rock and loose debris and shall scalp duff, sod, living plants, roots and <br /> other material unsuitable for growth, in order to expose bare ground. Minimum scalping <br /> diameter for each planting spot is twelve inches (12"). <br /> Hole Construction, Shrub Placement, Hole Filling, Species Mixing <br /> The hole will be located at the center of the scalped area. An open hole, broken out on three (3) <br /> sides, and deep and wide enough to fully accommodate the roots of the shrub. The opening of <br /> a hole without breaking it out on three (3) sides is not permitted. <br /> Shrubs will be planted in the center of the prepared hole, deep enough so that one half inch <br /> (1/2") of soil can be placed on top of the plug, level with the surrounding soil surface, to seal the <br /> plug into the ground. Plug growing media shall not be distorted or broken from the root system <br /> during the planting process. If the media is broken, the tree will be planted as described herein, <br /> ensuring that the exposed roots are not doubled up, twisted, spiraled, bunched, jammed or <br /> compressed in the planting hole. <br /> Soil will be filled in and firmed around the plugs. Rock will be kept out of the holes. Soil will be <br /> filled in and firmed progressively so no loose soil or air pockets remain, and tree is as firmly <br /> planted as soil conditions allow. Firming of the soil will be done so that tree and root systems <br /> 14 <br />