Why can't I plant a tree in the same hole?
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Planting multiple fruit trees in 'the same hole'
Comments (15)Sounds like you have caught the dreaded, "if one is good, 30 are better," disease! There is NO cure!! Stay away from the UC Davis site, or you will be swimming in cuttings like me! My home vineyard started with 7 wine grape vines, and I now have 80 viable cuttings (some going into containers,) and some tucked in every corner of my yard I can find. Make wine out of your fruit, and your boyfriend will soon get on the "let's plant 60 trees page." I am now going to keep in pots a few fig trees, pomegranates, and olives. UC Davis is a humbling place because for the cost of shipping, they send you cuttings for Free, and when you get them, you suddenly become very spiritual and pray more than you ever did, that these precious living things bestowed on you will grow into mighty thriving plants. God started this whole thing anyway, with his Garden of Eden! Where is that place? Dana Point? I wish you sunny days, and the best of luck with all of your trees! Here is a link that might be useful: Shop for Cuttings at UC Davis...See MoreTook out three cherrys with ick - can i plant in the same hole?
Comments (5)Thank you for your responses! Ashleysf, i'm sure your pots were beautiful, and i've always admired landscapes that are accented with potted trees. Having said that, i'm kind of eager to get new trees established out in the field, preferably in the same spots. Also, summers are very very dry and hot here, and i'm not eager to have to keep pots sufficiently watered. :) Olpea, this information really eases my mind. I think i'll just proceed, then, as i ordinarily would for planting, and not worry about "decontaminating" the holes. Do you think smaller trees will establish more easily and eventually "catch up" to the size of the larger ones, or should i make an effort to find the largest replacement trees possible? By the way, for anyone who remembers my Tomcot issues, many of you said the problem was probably with the roots. Sure enough, when i dug it up today, the roots were really wonky. Some of them had spread normally, with one in the center that had really dug deep into the earth. But oddly, some of the roots, one thick one in particular, was growing inward and around into the root mass - it was really odd. I know when i planted, i tried to score the edges and sort of make sure there was no visible girdling, but i either did a horrible job planting this one, or something weird just happened in the way the roots developed. One of them looked pretty black compared to the others. /shrug...See MoreMultiple-Trees in Same Hole &INOSCULATION: 4 Trees form 1 Tree
Comments (4)Hi, Scott, et al, In a different forum/thread, I posted the same question: i.e. do 4 saplings growing close form a single trunk of a solid single core or multiple cores, and 'Brandon6b' replied that, if this did happen, the core/tree-formed may rot. I hope this isn't the case: my reply..... That is very disappointing: that the rot will occur and sometimes will be the cause of premature tree death. In nature, I've seen enormous threes that seem to survive this natural arrangement, or maybe I'm not interpreting the observation correctly: there are 4+ large trunks that are growing so closely that, for the first few feet, the run in parallel contact with one another; maybe they are not 4 separate trees (of the same species and size) but 4 separate suckers coming from the same root system. Maybe a way out of this issue is to get this to happen early on: to arrange the 4 saplings (that are of 1" diameters or so) only 2" apart from each other; to me, it would seem that this would have to cause a single solid tree trunk of the 4. I hope I can figure this out soon, because the saplings are on their way in the mail and are bare root. Thanks, Steve...See MoreWhy can't I grow a simple ivy plant?
Comments (10)I think this condition happens to everyone, just with different plants. Mine are the spider plant and the pothos variety - everyone goes on about how easy they are, but not for me! As for ivies, you'd hate to hear my stories. I've overwintered them to plant out the next summer, usually taking cuttings in the fall. Last fall I ran out of time, so I just ripped the very bushy single stemmed ivy out of it's pot (dirt flying everywhere), took the scissors and clipped the 12" length roots down to about 3" to fit in my little clay pot (limited for space here) kept in a bright spot without watering for 3 or 4 days, watered well and stuck in the south window to grow grow grow. Soon it will be time to clip off some cuttings, and I've got a well established momma plant to put out to. I have an orchid that did not bloom for 4 years straight, so I made the decision to 'chuck' it, and thought about it hard for several days (since it was a gift - and I always feel bad giving up on a gifted plant). Set my mind and set about to do it, and as I am walking to the garbage can my eye catches something, what is this? New root? NO! This could be a spike! So I gave it another week to prove itself and yes, it was a spike and it's been in bloom for nearly 2 months, so it gets to stay. Maybe try some evil thoughts with your ivies, let them know they have to earn their keep, no free ride. Worked for my phal orchid and me!...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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