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Plant Clems in V. Large Plant Pots in the Ground?

arbo_retum
10 years ago

Last yr I got into clems BIIIIG time (much more than before) but I think they sent me a wake up call because a large number of the new plants did not appear this yr. (They were all from Brushwood and Joy Creek, so you know the size.) I had read advice about growing them on for a yr or 2 in their pot in the ground, and had had very good success with that method in previous years,in an area dedicated to just growing on those clems, but this time, we planted most of them in situ.

I think ' in situ' is the problem here. Our beds are very very packed, and while we gave the clems big holes w/ rich soil and lime ,and put them 2" deeper than they had been in their original pot, we think they were no match for competing roots.That's the only thing we can figure and it is really depressing. They were pretty much all planted at the base of long established conifers and deciduous shrubs, w/ good light, but we are not meticulous weeders either. Still and all, we have not lost any clems before except from disease. And we have about 40. What about planting them in a v big plant pot ( w/ drainage holes of course) in the ground-to prevent root competition over the years? Or any other ideas? (gg, I hope you're out there.) I feel so stupid. TIA.

mindy
www.cottonarboretum.com/

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