Planting between a rock and a hard place (stump) - potential problems?
biondanonima (Zone 7a Hudson Valley)
6 years ago
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Rock hard soil. no luck with shampoo. help
Comments (12)I can see you're going to do the core aeration, so here is some more advice. Since you have it you may as well use the heck out of it. The bermuda will survive no matter what, so drive that thing up and back, across and back, diagonal and back, and then the other diagonal and back. You need all the holes you can get. When you're finished, whether you use compost or not, then spray again with shampoo at a higher dose (6-10 ounces per 1,000 square feet. Then water it until you think you're going to fill in all the holes (you won't). But if you do fill the holes and it seems like it won't drain, then you have a bigger problem. I don't think your soil is compacted. Sure the heavy landscaping equipment drove over it but they are designed for landscaping. If you tried to compact the soil with that equipment it would be hard. You would have to start with soil that was completely saturated and drive over it until you sunk in and pushed all the air out of the soil. I'm sure that didn't happen. Most contractors will leave the job site at the first sign of sprinkles. If that still doesn't work, then Lou has alluded to another approach I have used successfully using a soaker hose. It is not what you might think, but it worked every time I tried it. I gave up on that approach once I learned about shampoo, but I certainly remember it....See MoreDesign Problem/When is the best time to be removing rocks or grav
Comments (23)Judy, Firstly glad you posted the photo of the pond planted. It is gorgeous and the shape is wonderful. You have planted beautifully around the pond, and the entire pond looks very natural. Firstly, our pond is 3 1/2 feet deep in the big section and the rest is about 2 foot deep. None of our rocks are mortared in. We move them around like furniture. :) Especially as the plants grow and cover our favorite rocks....and yes, the heave and hoe through the winter and some fall into the pond. Cliff does spend a day every spring in the pond, arranging them and moving plants around the rocks. You'll need waders for sure, to do this task, as the water is cold in early spring. I don't like mortared rocks, to me it takes away the natural look. You have plenty of room for pond plantings, so on the 7-8" shelves just place big rocks on them. I think I mentioned that we plant a lot of stuff bare root in the rocks (no pot) and they do very well. Just the rocks on the shelves are holding them in place. We plant taro, umbrella palm. water Iris, parrot feather, horsetail rush to name a few, and they are all planted bare root. Actually the only thing we plant in pots (in the pond) is lilies. The other thing we plant in pots is lotus (the lotus is planted outside the pond) Getting back to the shelves. I was delighted to see directly in front of the pond a section that looks to me to be a natural beach section where you can sit and feed and admire your fish. The only problem I see is the walls are slanted in this area. You could place flat slate type rocks up the sides and at the top overhand the big rocks on the ground slightly. The other thing you can do is plant English Ivy in that area next to the beach. That would cascade over the beach wall and look very good. Warning: it can be invasive and doesn't like to share space, so you have to keep it contained and trimmed in the specific area you want it. Another option is Vinca vine, it is another beautiful cascading vine and shares space well with other plants. Here is the beach section. Just use big rocks and get rid of all the small pebbles, as the fish grow the dig in the rocks and move them around. For perspective...Notice the little blue frog on the right, and see the same frog in the other beach section. Here is another shot of the beach, showing the right section. Notice the English Ivy ...I think that would look well on the sloped sides of your pond. If you look on the right side, it is a shelf that goes down about 15" the rocks on the shelf are built up to above ground level a little. This is a blow up of the dog leg section...again the shelves go down below the water level about 15-16" and again we pile up the rocks to ground level and beyond. This is what You can do on the edges of your pond shelves, even the one that is deep like the 40" shelf, build rocks up to the pond edge to create plant pockets, and the rest of the remaining shelf (the part under the water) just place large rocks and stones on it, under the water. I hope this is clear. This is the shelf in the dog leg section of our pond (I blew up a photo for a close-up) It's from this past June. the 'shelf' goes down about 15" below the water line. These photos are from June 08, notice the lotus...it is planted in a big pot that is sunk into the ground, so that the lotus looks like it's in the pond. again, dog leg section. Keep in mind, once you take out all those small pebbles, you'll have lots of pebbles for paths and to fill in areas around the pond. :) Your pond is beautiful, and now you'll have all winter to do some arm chair planning, as well as rock hunting. We bought a few tons of flat rocks, however all the round rocks you see, we hunted for...oh my aching back! Joann...See Morepotential problem - long
Comments (7)ok, thanks for all the input. I have contacted about ten different officials today, and the most helpful was the Long Island Creek Watershed Coalition. They informed me that if the creek bank erodes then you cannot put any soil back to fill in. Also the City of Sandy Springs does not allow rip rap to be laid on the creek sides (glad i did mine a few years ago!!). So, they are taking up the quest with the City and will send an officer/code enforcement officer out to the house and they will be given a citation and told how to legally repair the damage done. And my name will not be mentioned at all. Even better. I am still waiting for a few of the other officials to call back.......... updates to follow....See MoreNew Oak thread-potentially need up to 100 plants
Comments (44)Did do just that Dax. We shall see. This time around, via the site's "Contact Us" option. Ed, I've got a message into that outfit too-Windbreaktrees.com...so we'll eventually learn what they have to say. I have little doubt it is one and the same, albeit no two such hybrids are necessarily alike. I was able to generate quite a list of sources to look into late last week. I'm at the point in my working year however where, if this doesn't fall into place quickly and relatively painlessly, it will have to get shunted off to 2016. I don't really have enough time left in this year to necessarily get all of my projects into play, but I do have those items which must happen. So honestly, I'm already starting to look at this as a project for next year, which would essentially mean a spring 2017 planting. We have things like budgets, etc. lol. Can't just shoot from the hip all the time! If I don't line this up basically this week, I'm putting it aside for next year, which again, would actually mean 2017 planting. So it goes. Have to admit, it was kind of a sudden inspiration on my part-not something I've been planning for months. +oM...See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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