Planting trees: Should I fertalize them?

[ForTheAction]

Originally Posted by jefflovstrom

Shouldn't you have a rep to rep?
Jeff
I dont know

Jeff, under the username on the left of each post is a little set of measuring scales icon. If you click it on yours, the server will tell you how many points you have, and it will tell you what kind of rep points or any you've received for that particular post of yours.

If you click the little scales on someone elses post, you have the option to disaprove of the post or approve of it. This issues pos or neg rep points to the person. You are also allowed to leave a message to the poster in regards to the post too.

It's about time you learned something here.

[jefflovstrom]

Originally Posted by John Paul Sanborn

Jeff has a rep as a troublemaker

Come on John, I am the nicest lurker around!
Jeff

[jefflovstrom]

Dont rep me, FTA
Jeff
you should have a rep to do that. That is what I was saying.
Jeff

[ForTheAction]

Originally Posted by jefflovstrom

Dont rep me, FTA
Jeff
you should have a rep to do that. That is what I was saying.
Jeff

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[MonkeyMan_812]

You can add some mycorrhizae to that as well to help develop root growth and establishment / reduce shock. See www.usemyke.com

[Toddppm]

Originally Posted by John Paul Sanborn

Also the hydrology of disturbed soil requires that the top layer to saturate before water moves. Quite often there is anaerobic pooling in these areas.

Can't quite figure out what you mean by this?

[John Paul Sanborn]

Movement of water through soil is a surface effect across particles.

Waster must move from particle to particle, and voids need to fill up in each strata before the water can move down to the next. You will frequently find stagnant water that has lost its free O2, thus becoming anaerobic.

The old idea of adding gravel to assits with drainage just makes the voids bigger, ir so I've read.

also when you have an homogenic boundary there is often compaction boundary that makes matters worse.

[outofmytree]

Originally Posted by John Paul Sanborn

Movement of water through soil is a surface effect across particles.

Waster must move from particle to particle, and voids need to fill up in each strata before the water can move down to the next. You will frequently find stagnant water that has lost its free O2, thus becoming anaerobic.

The old idea of adding gravel to assits with drainage just makes the voids bigger, ir so I've read.
also when you have an homogenic boundary there is often compaction boundary that makes matters worse.

I watched a simple demo of this principle using clay pots and various soil types from coarse sand to clay. Because water movement through soil is primarily via capillary action the larger the gaps between particles the weaker the capillary forces and as such the slower the water movement. Gravel in pots to improve drainage has long been a favourite of garden "gurus" but simple science shows it to be a fallacy.

[John Paul Sanborn]

A good way to show yourself is to get a big pickle jar (or the like) and fill it with a variety of different particle sized material. fill it half way with the disparate strata and then half with water and watch how long it takes to move to the bottom.