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Establishing roots
When planting new plants, bushes, and the like how long would you expect it
to take for the roots to establish themselves? When I purchased my Thyme it was recommended that I keep the soil moist until the roots had a chance to establish themselves, afterwhich they should be reasonably drought tolerant. So I'm wondering generally speaking how long is that anyway? |
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"Eigenvector" wrote: When planting new plants, bushes, and the like how long would you expect it to take for the roots to establish themselves? When I purchased my Thyme it was recommended that I keep the soil moist until the roots had a chance to establish themselves, afterwhich they should be reasonably drought tolerant. So I'm wondering generally speaking how long is that anyway? 3 months -- Billy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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"Eigenvector" wrote in message . .. When planting new plants, bushes, and the like how long would you expect it to take for the roots to establish themselves? When I purchased my Thyme it was recommended that I keep the soil moist until the roots had a chance to establish themselves, afterwhich they should be reasonably drought tolerant. So I'm wondering generally speaking how long is that anyway? Proper root pruning would help the tree roots respond properly. http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT20...t_pruning.html -- Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Consulting Tree Biologist http://home.ccil.org/~treeman and www.treedictionary.com Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss. Some people will buy products they do not understand and not buy books that will give them understanding. |
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"Jangchub" wrote in message ... On Mon, 12 May 2008 23:35:56 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , "Eigenvector" wrote: When planting new plants, bushes, and the like how long would you expect it to take for the roots to establish themselves? When I purchased my Thyme it was recommended that I keep the soil moist until the roots had a chance to establish themselves, afterwhich they should be reasonably drought tolerant. So I'm wondering generally speaking how long is that anyway? 3 months Mmmm, not with thyme, sorry to say. Herbaceous plants recouperate and develop root hairs much faster than poor root systems on things like roses, blueberries, and many trees. I would say to keep the soil moist, not wet. Thyme will definitely die if you over water it. It will show the same symptoms as a plant which is dried out...crispy foliage, loss of leaves, etc. Feel the soil with your hand and if it is dry, water it. You want the roots to stretch to the capillary water. If you keep water too near the existing roots they will not push out into the soil, but it will just wrap around and around. Hmm, might explain what happened to my first batch. They got planted then it rained practically every day for weeks on end. But I'll take your advice and keep the ground moist and not soaked. |
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Establishing roots
symplastless said:
"Eigenvector" wrote in message . .. When planting new plants, bushes, and the like how long would you expect it to take for the roots to establish themselves? When I purchased my Thyme it was recommended that I keep the soil moist until the roots had a chance to establish themselves, afterwhich they should be reasonably drought tolerant. So I'm wondering generally speaking how long is that anyway? Proper root pruning would help the tree roots respond properly. http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT20...t_pruning.html Stoopid, clooless ****. Where the hell did you see a question about tree roots in the OP? Thyme is (please take note, for once in your feeble, unimportant, little life, of this) *NOT A ****ING TREE*. Not every plant is a tree, dumbass. Not every plant behaves/grows/has the same needs as a tree. What about that do you fail to comprehend? -- Eggs Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? |
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