Trees in bad soil - not draining good
kristie73
12 years ago
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Growing a lemon tree from a grocery store lemon. Good idea or Bad
Comments (23)Growing most types of fruit from seed is generally a bad idea. There is a high chance the fruit will not be as good as the parent variety. For those of you who are not aware of how this works, in nature fruit species can have a lot of genetic diversity from generation to generation. When a good producing tree is found, it then gets propagated from cuttings. People usually do not want to take the trouble of growing a fruit tree from seed when they do not even know whether the fruit will be good. Generally though, lemons produce truer to seed than oranges do. Not talking about citrus here, but for fruit trees in general, it is theoretically possible to breed fruit that produces truer to seed, but it takes many more generations of breeding. These are often traditional heirloom varieties that have been around a long time. Whereas the seed from a Navel orange will not really result in a Navel variety, some of these heirloom varieties can essentially be continually propagated from seed. The terms "heirloom", "true to seed", and fruit "variety" can all be very relative and ambiguous terms....See MoreGood yard slowly going bad! Help needed with Logan Lab soil test.
Comments (26)Another little update and another question: Yard is greening up nicely. Section F1 is trailing far behind B1, but I'm not concerned at this point. Since I last checked in I've continued with the plan and added a 24-25-4 starter fertilizer. I supplemented that with Milorganite at 1/2 label rate. Next up in the soil plan is the epsom salt and potassium sulfate this weekend. I *could* put that down, but I'll be aerating in 2 weeks though,at the same time as my next starter fertilizer and Milo application. So if I wait and apply the epsom salt, the potassium sulfate, and the fertilizers at the same time, they'll have the benefit of deeper soil access. Should I worry about applying those at the same time though? Is there the potential to burn the grass?...See MoreFallen Oranges--Good, bad or indifferent for soil?
Comments (1)Orchard floor sanitation (clean up fallen fruits and leaves) goes a long way to breaking the cycle of insects and fungus problems. I am a fanatic on keeping my orchard floors clean....See MoreTrees too close to garden or just bad soil?
Comments (19)Not clear exactly what the problem is. You don't have luck getting vegetables. Are you getting abundant foliage? Are the plants not growing? Are they dying? Because of your regular addition of compost, I'm inclined to believe it isn't a nutrient problem, as while compost is pretty pathetic as a short term nutrient, it's has some effect as a long term one. But if you want optimum production, you'll have to add real fertilizer. Ten feet away from a tree doesn't sound like a competition problem, especially if you really dig in the compost every year. As in, tilled deep. If you do, ain't no tree roots gonna compete with your plants in any given growing season. What's growing ten feet on the other side of the tree? Grass perhaps? Or is that area dead as well? But I agree that a professional soil test is worth your while. Where are you? It could be just ten bucks or so. We have a thread going here about alleopthy of oaks, and silver maple is alleged to have allelopathic affects as well. As in, the tree will actively try to poison things growing close to it. Ten feet seems like it might be a safe distance though. Just google allelopathy and "silver maple"....See Moremustard_seeds
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