Planting trees near a well cap -- need some guidance please
mrmichaeljmoore
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First time planting clematis. Not doing well. Need help.
Comments (3)It sounds like you are doing everything right. Henryi is very prone to wilt. It probably was clematis wilt that knocked your plant back. Cut back all the dead foliage and keep it watered and it will probably grow back. If you lead the vines to the cyclone fence they will climb without any help. You can guide the vines out more horizontally to get a better show. The clematis will grab onto the fence and wrap their leaf petioles around it and hold on. Any tomato or rose fertilzer is fine for clematis. Two or three inches of mulch around your clematis will help keep the moisture in. I wouldn't fertilize your Henryi as it is already stressed from the wilt. Clematis can take a couple of years to get established. Hopefully in 2-3 years your clematis will be full of blooms....See Moreplease suggest some plants that need little sunlight
Comments (2)Hi, is your low light caused by overhead trees? Or, are you trying to grow near a window? I had good luck growing several types of hot peppers and also lettuce in the shade of a large oak tree. The plants got direct sunlight only about 1 hour a day. If you are growing outside, you might be surprised at how well your plants might grow. You might be able to do a test by purchasing a few plants and placeing them in the area you are planning to set up your system. It might be the only way to really answer your question. You can use the link below to see the lettuce that is ready for harvest. chuck Here is a link that might be useful: lettuce in the shade (most of the time)...See MorePlanting trees near house
Comments (12)a ten foot wide tree ... is 5 feet ... each way ... from the trunk ... so if i read it right.. you have left double the requisite space ... the foo foo red buds.. IMO ... are variable in MI ... i tried two or 3 of them.. in my z5 MI.. and none lived more than a year or two ... the old standard on the other hand.. grows like a weed ... i am not sure there is any practical difference.. in MI .. between z 5 and z6 ... its seems like every 3 to 5 years ... we get a z4 winter ... unless you have a very stable micro climate due to close houses [close suburbia] ... winter wind breaks ... and shade from winter sun ... ALL THAT SAID.. I HAD TO TRY.. SO YOU MAY AS WELL TRY.. AND TRY TO PROVE ME WRONG ... LOL ... ignore the caps ... as to the crab not matching the house ... i dont know.. for the week or two of flower .. i might agree ... but oh what a glorious show.. not many things can beat it ... and none of the DC cherries are going to do much better .. so whats left for the level of show provided .... and on the other hand.. isnt it just a plain old green tree the rest of the year??? .... i could see a purple leafed version maybe bugging me all summer long .... but green is green ... am i wrong on its basically green for summer.. after the first flush greens up??? ken how i look at size potential: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Prairifire+Crab&t=ffcm&iax=images&ia=images...See MorePlanting shrubs near tree with surface roots. Is this doable?!
Comments (17)welcome wanda.. perhaps you should have started your own new post ... then at least.. replies could be set to come to your email... anyway .... im not rereading all the above.. but the first thing that pops into my mind.. is that a mature tree has put it roots at the surface.. because that is favorable to the tree .... adding a little soil above those roots.. is only going to encourage those roots to resurface again ... though i tree time.. it will be a very long time before you see big roots there ... but you might start seeing fine feeders roots.. faster than you might imagine.. a year or two in tree time .... and every time you dig a hole below the new soil ... and into those roots.. the tree will respond by putting new feeder roots into the new and fresh soil ... not to mention those roots cut due to the garage construction ... should you try it.. of course ...perhaps it will work ...and even if in a few years.. the plants seem to be struggling.. you can always move them somewhere else ... hosta are water hogs.. and if you ever start noticing.. them wilting... and you just cant seem to water enough ... then you have tree root problems... but there are many other things that will grow there.. [and dont stain that brick works with ugly water ... the plants arent worth it...] ken btw: i would make the bed as wide as the brick work.... i think it would add some symmetry ... it would look pleasing to the eye ... rather than a 2 or 3 foot ribbon of soil ......See Moreisabella__MA
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