- 1). Plant sugar pine seedlings in the ground in the spring or fall. Choose a location in the full sun and give the trees adequate space to grow. The hole should not be within 20 feet of your home or utility lines. Space trees at least 10 feet apart.
- 2). Water the tree deeply. Wiggle it out of the nursery container.
- 3). Dig a hole that is large enough for all the roots. Make it as deep as the longest roots and twice as wide. Scrape the sides and bottom of the hole with the shovel edge to loosen the soil.
- 4). Untangle the roots. Set the sugar pine in the hole with the roots pointed into the ground. Fill in around them with the removed soil. Tamp down gently to remove air pockets.
- 5). Check the tree to make sure the soil is at the same spot on the trunk as it was in the container. Water the sugar pine thoroughly.
- 6). Mulch around the tree with 2 to 4 inches of pine straw, rotten leaves, shredded bark or wood chips. This will keep weeds from stealing nutrients from the sugar pine, as well as retain the moisture in the soil.
- 7). Let the soil dry out between waterings. Water it twice a week in the spring and fall and three times a week in the summer.
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