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How much soil required for a squiggly gum?
I have a sloping rock garden with about 40cm of soil covering a rock
shelf... its really the only place in the garden I can put a tree for some summer shade so I'd like to put a 8-10 metre squiggly gum in there (to match an existing one) if at all possible. I'm worried however that the root ball/roots won't have enough room. The soil is right over the rock shelf, so the roots can wander as far as they like and within about 3 metres from where I'd like to plant it the soil will be a good 2 metres deep at least, but basically my question is whether or not the first big storm will knock the tree over once it gets larger. (I can't plant it directly where the soil is deeper as it will be in the way... and the other squiggly gum is in deeper soil on the side of the rock shelf) Any ideas? Thanks, Dave. |
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Roots will find their way around most rocks quite happily, but remember the
tree wants a root structure that is almost a mirror image of the green bits above the ground. Have a look at some of the old druid dawings sometime, they knew about this many years ago when everyone was a farmer of types. I have a farm in SE Qld, with a lot of side of the mountain rock and cliffs, a lot of various gum trees and they grow quite happily on the edge of a cliff bank. If more water is available, they grow well on the top edge, but if less water, the bottom of the back works well. The ones that get there roots down to the water table near the creek just get bigger and bigger! Hope this helps, Peter |
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"Bushy" wrote in message
... Roots will find their way around most rocks quite happily, but remember the tree wants a root structure that is almost a mirror image of the green bits above the ground. Have a look at some of the old druid dawings sometime, they knew about this many years ago when everyone was a farmer of types. I have a farm in SE Qld, with a lot of side of the mountain rock and cliffs, a lot of various gum trees and they grow quite happily on the edge of a cliff bank. If more water is available, they grow well on the top edge, but if less water, the bottom of the back works well. The ones that get there roots down to the water table near the creek just get bigger and bigger! Hope this helps, Peter Thanks Peter. I think I'll just plant it and see how it goes - its far enough away from the house and everything so that even if it did blow over in 5 years time its not going to fall on anything anyway (assuming no-ones under it if it falls!). Ciao, Dave. |
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