Thanks 😊 You will also need to clear away grass from the base of the tree. It needs a circle of bare soil a metre in diameter otherwise the grass will compete for moisture and nutrients … when you’ve cleared the grass away you can give the soil at the base of tree a good soak and cover it with a mulch of garden compost or bark chippings to help keep the moisture in the soil, and it’ll also make it easier to remove weeds or grasses that attempt to spread over the area.
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Hope that helps … let us know how it goes 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.