Dumb question about planting, temperature on shipped maple
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Comments (14)Actually raspberries like acid soil. The cheapest mulch you can get is wood chips. In MI, 30 cubic yards of wood chips cost nothing (delivery also does not cost), if you call a tree company that would need to pay for landfill space otherwise. that would probably take care of 500 plants. Do not be shy and give them 8 inches or more initially. Wood chips will make the soil even more acid than leaves (which actually make a mildly acidic compost) initially, but the raspberries will not mind. They will appreciate the water savings, and long term (say, in two years), the mulch will provide all the nutrients they need. Right now, with new plants and a barren soil that needs time to absorb all that organic matter, you are better off fertilizing and watering a bit. You will appreciate a mulch that lasts two or more years, and that does not smother new canes (like matted maple leaves sometimes do). I have had raspberries in acidic sandy soil since 1997. They only got whatever yard waste I did not want to use on other plants, so mostly wood chips, but also peeling bark from firewood, whatever I swept from the patio or driveway, etc, probably 2 feet of the stuff over the years. They are incredibly strong plants....See MoreQuestion about shipping dates for tropicals
Comments (26)The saw was in the living room for a couple of months (not being used but I could show it off to everyone who walked in!) Now it's in the very narrow greenhouse where I have to squeeze around it but it's always ready to go! Unless somebody nests in it, of course. Those wrens can turn up in the funniest places! I was actually back on this thread because of Sandy's pond thermometer. No Menards here but I had looked on-line and saw where they are in OH. Not super close to Mom and my younger sis but Mom's a serious gardener and sis is getting her doctorate in horticulture so I asked if either one ever goes. Sis just emailed me back saying a new one just opened in the next town and I was her excuse to go check it out! Sandy, I'm going to email her your description. Vanessa...See MoreJapanese Maple - planting in pot question
Comments (22)Soooo......yeah basically ever since I planted this thing in the new "gritty mix", it has gone downhill. ..and fast. It appears to be drying out. Some leaves are actually getting curling and getting crispy. I water every day. .the water goes from the top of the pot and is already draining out the bottom in mere seconds. I watered it around 10 today.it looked bad., I thought..ok..I need to water this even more. So I gave it another drink around 6. Just looked at it again and now it looks like it's straight up dying. I don't get it. Followed the gritty mix directions to a T. It was doing great in the "tiny" black container it was in when i had it for the first two weeks. Now that its in a "proper" mediym, and a large pot..it's dying. It's in shade, outside on my patio. What could possibly be wrong? Someone help! Al?...See MoreQuestion about Maple seed viability
Comments (4)I also wouldn't expect much but who knows stranger things have happened I planted a thirty year old peach pit of an old family tree that had been laying around all that time under some lumber ( the trees died of peach bores 30 years before) and it grew into a really nice heirloom tree...but I doubt you'll have success ...David...See Moredjacob Z6a SE WI
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