[IBC] preparing wild soil
Im going down to NC in a couple of weeks (chapel hill) to visit my dad..
and while im down there im going to plant some small trees out around his house to let em grow for a few years. some japanese maple seedlings and hinoki cypress is on my list so far. i know the soil down there is largely clay... and it is in a new development... so im sure much of any beneficial topsoil was removed. i havent dug down around the area i will plant before... i know it is well mulched.... as is anything that is planted down there. (up north here .. landscapers mulch down around the bases of trees..in NC.. it seems.. any tree they put in has like a baseball mound of mulch around it...but anyway)and lots of sod in the yards. should i prepare the soil before i plant them? any guidelines or tips? thanks ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] preparing wild soil
would a clay layer act as a barrier? say instead of a plate or a tile to
encourage lateral root growth?? ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] preparing wild soil
Im going down to NC in a couple of weeks (chapel hill) to visit
my dad.. and while im down there im going to plant some small trees out around his house to let em grow for a few years. some japanese maple seedlings and hinoki cypress is on my list so far. i know the soil down there is largely clay... and it is in a new development... so im sure much of any beneficial topsoil was removed. i havent dug down around the area i will plant before... i know it is well mulched.... as is anything that is planted down there. (up north here .. landscapers mulch down around the bases of trees..in NC.. it seems.. any tree they put in has like a baseball mound of mulch around it...but anyway)and lots of sod in the yards. should i prepare the soil before i plant them? any guidelines or tips? thanks My son lives in Durham, also on a new lot. HIS soil is the heaviest, muckiest, stickiest clay I have ever seen. Things seem to grow in it, though. I suspect, however, that for several years afterward you need to treat a plant that was put into a hole as a POTTED plant as it has to take a while before roots can force their way into that clay. It will be hard to avoid it, but adding "good" soil to the hole will only make it worse because there will be such a difference between the dirt in the hole and the "native" soil. _I_ would dig a hole at least twice as big around as the pot the tree or shrub came from -- and three times would be better. DON'T make it much deeper, through, or you're likely to drown roots, since water will just stay in the hole and not seep into the clay. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - This economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment. - Gaylord Nelson, 1995 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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