On Aug 15, 6:00*am, Sheldon wrote:
Ivan wrote:

I'm about to plant a cherry tree and apparently they hate heavy soil..
I will buy the tree this weekend as they're having a bare-root sale at
the nursery I'm going to.

I'm planting it in a raised bed, so I can make the soil be as good as
the tree needs it to be, but eventually the roots will need to go into
the soil beneath the bed..

Please advise!

Don't plant trees in a raised bed unless it's a really HUGE raised
bed, because tree roots do not grow downward nearly as far as they
grow outward. *In the typical sized raised bed a cherry tree will
become root bound, will not receive adequate water, it's roots will
frost damage depending on your location, it will become stressed and
die... of course this will take about ten years, just when you think
your tree is in its prime.

Plant your tree directly in the ground, you really only need to amend
the soil in the planting hole, once established trees tolerate heavy
soils very well.



Well that's what I thouht would happen .. After doing some reading I
decided I might give this a go.. (The planting on the hole, and hoping
the tree will get used to the heavy soil once it establishes .....
We'll see how it goes.
I'm not planning on living here for another 20 years anyway. :P