Nigel Black
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I have a quandry, a dilemma, a seemingly insoluble problem.
There is a stretch of road nearby that has a small stand of Virginia pine on it. Seedlings and older plants both, all of varying ages. And I found out that they are going to bulldoze it come this Monday, July 23rd. I know, I know, July is not the time to be collecting. I dug one pine a few days a go to see what I was dealing with. Very sandy clay soil. Despite my best efforts, the root ball fell apart, it bare-rooted itself. I brought that one home and submerged it in coarse sandy soil as per Naka (Vol 1) and have been misting multiple times daily with plain water, and other times, sea kelp. Keeping in a protected shady spot.
So should I even try to dig any of the remaining plants? I seriously doubt that the root balls will fair any better due to the nature of the soil. And I'm not sure how great the odds are with the coarse sand and misting regimen. I hate to dig something to doom it to death, yet these trees are doomed regardless. Come Monday, they get turned under.
What to do, what to do...
Nigel
There is a stretch of road nearby that has a small stand of Virginia pine on it. Seedlings and older plants both, all of varying ages. And I found out that they are going to bulldoze it come this Monday, July 23rd. I know, I know, July is not the time to be collecting. I dug one pine a few days a go to see what I was dealing with. Very sandy clay soil. Despite my best efforts, the root ball fell apart, it bare-rooted itself. I brought that one home and submerged it in coarse sandy soil as per Naka (Vol 1) and have been misting multiple times daily with plain water, and other times, sea kelp. Keeping in a protected shady spot.
So should I even try to dig any of the remaining plants? I seriously doubt that the root balls will fair any better due to the nature of the soil. And I'm not sure how great the odds are with the coarse sand and misting regimen. I hate to dig something to doom it to death, yet these trees are doomed regardless. Come Monday, they get turned under.
What to do, what to do...
Nigel