How to Stake a Tree in Five Minutes

Instructions

• 1

  Before you stake the tree, you will need to purchase the right Brooks Tree Brace. Go to the company’s official website and determine which brace sizes would best suit your needs. After you have chosen the size of the brace, go the ‘Contact Us’ page on the same website. This is where you will get information about where you can buy a Brooks Tree Brace. Alternatively, you can directly call and place an order for the brace to be shipped to your location.
• 2

  Lean the Brooks Tree Brace on the trunk of the tree which you plan to stake. In order to accomplish this, you will have to hold the brace by the top of the poles, at a point close to the black rubber pads, with the black rubber pads pointing directly away from you. Bring the legs of the brace in an ideal position which is 120 degrees apart from each other. In this position, the black rubber pads should be forming an equilateral triangle.
• 3

  Insert the straps of the brace into the mechanism responsible for securing the straps. Pull the straps until they are fairly tight. You may want to use the grip tightener, but make sure that you do not tighten the brace to an extent to which it will start choking the tree. Remember that the tree has to grow in the months to come. Use a hammer to drive the stakes of the brace into the ground through the metal footpads.
• 4

  You are done staking the tree using a Brooks Tree Brace. It should have taken no more than 5 minutes. Your worries about the tree getting damaged due to strong winds are now over. Let the brace remain in place for 5-8 months. During this time, trunk of the tree would have grown strong enough to hold its place with the support of a brace.