ichoudhury
Yamadori
So today I prepared my field growing beds about 8-9" deep (approximately 2(8ftx2ft ) bed
-Added some organic compost I had for my vegetable garden (40 lbs per bed)
- 1 bag turface per bed
- 1.5 bag Coral Sand (I had sitting around) per bed
- 10-10-10 Fert (I already had)
- Rock Dust (also I had which intended for my Vegetable Garden)
- Humic Acid/Fulvic Acid (I had for my vegetable garden)
I mixed them up quite good and then took all my japanese maple graft (about 7-8 of them) that I had in different size pot, and planted them in one bed and used another bed for planting 10 Trident seedling I recently purchased. I guess I will update you in 5 years or so, how it all went.
- I have to watch out for the Graft when it come to Trunk chopping :-D
- I have to be little nice to those Japanese Maple as they might not be as "Trunk Chop" tolerant as those Trident maples.
Anyway, I know I should have tested the soil for pH and all, but I just had to finish up in rush and nwo they are planted. I will check out the soil status later, but feel that it wont be that bad.
I was curious how many of you have done something like this? Would you have done anything different than what I mentioned above?
-Added some organic compost I had for my vegetable garden (40 lbs per bed)
- 1 bag turface per bed
- 1.5 bag Coral Sand (I had sitting around) per bed
- 10-10-10 Fert (I already had)
- Rock Dust (also I had which intended for my Vegetable Garden)
- Humic Acid/Fulvic Acid (I had for my vegetable garden)
I mixed them up quite good and then took all my japanese maple graft (about 7-8 of them) that I had in different size pot, and planted them in one bed and used another bed for planting 10 Trident seedling I recently purchased. I guess I will update you in 5 years or so, how it all went.
- I have to watch out for the Graft when it come to Trunk chopping :-D
- I have to be little nice to those Japanese Maple as they might not be as "Trunk Chop" tolerant as those Trident maples.
Anyway, I know I should have tested the soil for pH and all, but I just had to finish up in rush and nwo they are planted. I will check out the soil status later, but feel that it wont be that bad.
I was curious how many of you have done something like this? Would you have done anything different than what I mentioned above?
Keep reminding yourself that the more top growth the bigger the trunk diameter. Just watch out for inverse taper in any trunk sections you'll be keeping. When you dig them to root prune think about putting a tile under them to encourage a shallow root system and great nebari. I don't really see the advantage of using a bag or colander but everyone has their own system. They're like money in the bank...(like money in the bank when you used to get real interest on it...
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