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  1. Spdyracer

    Benches finally all but finished

    I have a bench in my garage but want one outside because I'm tired of the mess in the garage after repoting.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Just struck me you may have been talking about the small ones on each end of the raised bed. If that's it ones a blueberry bush since my youngest likes blueberries and the other is a mugo. Both are for landscaping.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Funny you mentioned a workbench. That's be planned for, would like to stick it on the other end of my shed.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Thanks! Is this the tree you are talking about? It's a maple and yes it does make me nervous about a little MBA breaking off and hitting the trees guess I like to live on the dangerous side ha. As far as protecting any trees I haven't yet but not saying I probably shouldn't. Judy would be a...
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    Trident maple help

    That's a good point you bring up. I did move the tree last night around to the other long bench. Where it was the metal behind it gets direct sun to it so it probably does get pretty hot. The other bench the metal stays in the shade for a good part of the day. I'll see what happens with the...
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    Trident maple help

    Thanks for the advice. I think it was brought up before but maybe I didn't explain it well. All the original soil is gone. It was very sandy potting soil which all cleaned off very easily. Only soil now is the new soil I potted it in.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Thanks! Yeah I thought about using something like that I'll be keeping that in mind. Guess that's part of the never being completely done since there's always something else you could do or change.
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    Trident maple help

    Yes I understand that but it seems everyone on here was leaning toward not getting enough water so I thought I would try the moss and keep an eye on it. If it gets better I'll leave it but if it starts getting worse I'll pull it off and watch how much water it's getting.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    It's composit decking. Had some lying around so used that instead of wood.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Thanks. I built the bike several years ago and had a guy from Australia hunt me down and bought it from me last year.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Thanks. Not sure who's plans it was for that bench but I did a search online and found a tutorial of someone making one like it. Yes feel free to it on your benches page
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    Trident maple help

    Thanks everybody for the advice. I was really leaning towards it being over watered. VAFisher I took your advice and put sphagnum on top and I'll see what that does. Hopefully it is a matter of too many air pockets and this will help and the tree responds well.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Thanks for the compliment. I put down plastic weed barrier. My three layer bench I've had the rock down for about two months. Even though it hasn't stopped a 100% of grass and weeds it's sopped 95% of them. Like you said it also keeps the rocks from sinking into the dirt. I picked it up at Home...
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Yes like that just kicked up a notch. BAM!
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    Fresh Start

    Great work on your sobriety and welcome back!
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    How to cut off branches to get a nice heal over?

    Pretty sure he's not talking about duct tape but rather a duct putty. It comes in a bar shape and is a thick grey putty.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Thanks sorce!
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Thanks!
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Wanted something low maintenance and could handle some run off from the watering.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    Steal away. I wanted a wider bench for some bigger trees so decided to build it into the grow bed and make it all one piece.
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    Benches finally all but finished

    I've been working on this for several months and finally got it to a point I wanted to share it. Longest part was the raised grow bed. Still have a little more gravel to put down but besides that it's finished. At least finished for now because are things like this ever really done? Enjoy.
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    Trident maple help

    There's no akadama in the soil
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    Trident maple help

    Hard to tell how wet the soil is because it's so rocky for lack of a better term. Only way I can judge at all is the lower trunk looks wet about a quarter inch above the soil when I water. I flush it very well when I water. I also usually just water the soil and not the whole tree. We've been...
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    Trident maple help

    Yes all the old soil was removed. I didn't use water and wash it off at all because it was so loose it all came off easily with a rake and hook. So the tree was bare rooted with the new soil
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