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id=\"where-you-can-use-this-item\">Where you can use this item </h2>\n\n<p>You can use this item in :</p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li>hedgerows on land in a management action or option</li>\n  <li>a Woodland Tree Health grant to replace trees outside woodland, hedgerow trees or areas where your Forestry Commission adviser agrees that you cannot use <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/supply-and-plant-tree-te4\">TE4: Supply and plant tree</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h2 id=\"what-you-must-do-to-use-this-item\">What you must do to use this item</h2>\n\n<p>You must:</p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li>carry out work between 30 September and 1 March</li>\n  <li>plant each tree in a pit deep and wide enough to contain the full depth and width of the root system</li>\n  <li>plant native species at least 2 metres (m) tall</li>\n  <li>plant trees in irregular spacing with at least 20m between them to allow for full crown development</li>\n  <li>tag each tree with a brightly coloured durable material</li>\n  <li>drive a clearly visible stake on either side of the tree</li>\n  <li>stake and tie each tree securely using material appropriate to the size and species of the tree</li>\n  <li>use flexible and adjustable tree ties (for example, rubber ties to prevent wind damage)</li>\n  <li>maintain stakes and ties until the tree is established – remove them when the tree no longer needs support</li>\n  <li>protect trees from livestock and wild animal damage</li>\n  <li>control weeds until the trees have established</li>\n  <li>replace dead trees in the following planting season – keep the same number of live trees as there are in your agreement</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>When planting in a hedgerow, you must plant the trees into gaps in the hedge – if there is no suitable gap then plant the trees into a notch cut into the hedgerow.</p>\n\n<p>You must not:</p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li>plant trees beneath or within 20m of overhead power lines or other overhead and underground services</li>\n  <li>let tree guards 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