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Perhaps someone could help, i adore the Japanese Acers/maples, i
believe they have to have ericaceous compost , i have a 12 yr old one in the front garden which is beautiful, gets better every year but apart from the compost in the pot we bought it in when we planted it in the garden we only put an extra handful in and its in clay soil so surely the rain would have washed all the ericaceous compost away over the years, should i top dress around the tree or as its doing so well just leave it? Debbie |
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"luckyballs" wrote in message oups.com... Perhaps someone could help, i adore the Japanese Acers/maples, i believe they have to have ericaceous compost , i have a 12 yr old one in the front garden which is beautiful, gets better every year but apart from the compost in the pot we bought it in when we planted it in the garden we only put an extra handful in and its in clay soil so surely the rain would have washed all the ericaceous compost away over the years, should i top dress around the tree or as its doing so well just leave it? We had one for 5 years (Until a brain dead builder snapped it off! ). It was planted in a gravel/sand base (Old pond backfill) in it's own supplied pot compound. It thrived very well. We have planted another 5 in the same area and hope they'll do well also. (Paid for by the builders) The snapped off one resurrected itself amazingly and is now 6" tall since February ! As for what to do with them all we do is water regularly. Mind you , as a weed stopper for the area we used some left over laminate floor underlay tiles, green compressed paper type from B&Q and everything is sown in the soil underneath by cutting a small hole through the underlay and planting as normal. Keeps the soil under very moist and stops weeds dead. Covered with bark chips it looks fine. |
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On 13 May, 15:30, Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2007 23:06:54 +0100 Gill Matthews Try the wrote: In article .com, says... Perhaps someone could help, i adore the Japanese Acers/maples, i believe they have to have ericaceous compost , i have a 12 yr old one in the front garden which is beautiful, gets better every year but apart from the compost in the pot we bought it in when we planted it in the garden we only put an extra handful in and its in clay soil so surely the rain would have washed all the ericaceous compost away over the years, should i top dress around the tree or as its doing so well just leave it? AFAIK Japanese acers do not need acid conditions/ericaceous compost at all. Mine grow quite hapily in slightly chalky clay. I do water well and mulch with ordinary soil improver, but that is to improve water retention That's right. In fact they resent soil that is too acid. The acid compost myth is refuted by every maple book. They don't like very alkaline soil, but since yours is in good shape leave it be. If your soil is very chalky you could top dress with peat. -E -- Emery Davis You can reply to by removing the well known companies Questions about wine? Visithttp://winefaq.hostexcellence.com- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I agree with the above posts. In my experience, as long as they are in fairly well-drained soil with adequate humus, they will be happy. I have heavy soil that is alkaline as a result of mountains of builders' rubble having been buried in the garden (most of which we've removed). I've since planted out four Japanese maples - admittedly not in the really heavy clay parts of the garden - and a couple of years later all seem to be thriving. Before I planted the first one I amended the soil with lots of composted bark and also some sulphur chips (these will lower the pH, but apparently they should be dug in rather than sprinkled on the top of the soil). When the first one didn't croak, I planted a few more, also in parts of the garden with the most friable, humus-rich soil rather than really heavy clay. I didn't bother with the sulphur, but just mixed the local soil with composted bark. I'm sure leafmould would do the same job if you have any. I keep them well mulched with organic matter and water them in really prolonged dry spells. It's really encouraging to see how much faster they grow in the ground than in a pot. |
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