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  • From: Toni Pralle <toni.pralle@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Subject: Re: the blizzard that wasn't/planting potted trees
  • Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:30:56 -0500

>>>>A quick way to get a relatively small root ball to remain intact is to plant some fast rooting weeds in the pot. Bunch grasses work well and are easy to pull once the tree is established. You might want to give it a little extra food to make up for the competition.>>>

<<  I have tried every method at keeping that dirt ball intact (wet dirt, dry dirt, cut the pot down the sides and remove the sides to slide it into the hole on the bottom, lots of hands, etc). >>Having said that, you really have no choice but to get the trees their own dirt to live in.>>
 
OK. New plan is to take the dirt/tree out of the pot tomorrow night, line the pot with nylon net, repot the tree and wait until warm weather. I don't have any burlap so can't do that. Maybe throw a handful of grass seed or something on top of the dirt. maybe green beans?? It doesn't matter as long as it makes lots of roots and is easily destroyed. What else would I have on hand? And it's plenty cool here yet; peas might be better. Cool weather crop and the roots would fix nitrogen........I think I might be stressing too much. Before I knew you guys I would have planted them today or left them in the bucket until I could plant them outside. Most stuff lives that I plant that way. God knows I mean well so usually takes care of things for me. This is good practice for the P24c that will be coming one of these days.
 

Toni in zone 4 Iowa USA
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  • [NAFEX] Subject: Re: the blizzard that wasn't/planting potted trees, Toni Pralle, 04/06/2009

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