Quote:
Originally Posted by Higgs Boson
On Oct 5, 2:59*am, mollie38
wrote:
lannerman;866304 Wrote:
Hi mollie, You don't say how big the Leylandii trees were? but assuming
that they were a reasonable size, this would account for the arid
conditions around them as not only do they take up alot of water in
their own right, they also 'sheild' the soil fom natural rain. You say
you 'took them out' but also that you 'cut them down', if its the
former then just the addition of some organic matter and base
fertilizer when replanting will suffice. If the latter is true and you
just cut them down then you will need to remove the stumps and as many
of the roots as possible before replanting.
Regards Lannerman.
Many thanks for your speedy response The trees were enormous we had 7
in total, we have taken them down to the soil level trying to get the
roots out though is a nightmare have been on *a few sites which say
drill holes in the stumps of the trees and put various *chemicals down.
what I was going to ask if its impossible to take all *the stumps out of
the ground will that still make the ground dry and will I be *able to
plant there *all I want *is some low maintenence plants * and shrubs as
we are now both in our sixties we just want something that is easy to
manage.
Regards
Mollie
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mollie38
you said you water on a daily basis. possible that you water only
syperficially rather than long, slow, deep watering less often? just
a thought...
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Hi
Many thanks for all your tips I have taken note of all the shrubs and plants for the patio area I live in the UK and I am going to leave it for at least a week or so as we are having quite a lot of rain at the moment(The more the better) so that should soften the ground up quite nicely as it was quite hard to dig, I have cleared all the debris from the soil there was a lot of leaves off the conifers that had gone into the soil I cant believe how much lighter the garden are is now with the conifers gone. I am looking forward to getting out and planting and redesigning the rockery area.
I did water quite a lot I used to leave the sprinkler on for a few hours on the patio area but I think it watered the trees themselves instead of the ground area.
Regards
Mollie