Hi all in this new forum.
My sandy soil is high ph (coquina coral rock plus sand) and has ruined citrus I have planted
So more recently I have been growing it in containers in 100% wood chips that have rotted 9-12 months. Some $10 Meyer Lemon and a lime have been doing well. I saw this 6 gallon Dancy tangerine with a thick trunk so I bought and repotted into wood chips that come from a tree trimming service.
I had some pottery clay around so added some to the pots
Here are the photos
rotted wood chips mulch in the philidendron patch. I dragged them out to use on the new Dancy repotting
You also see an in ground tangerine planted 4 years ago
Here is the repotting
The roots were not bound up to my surprise! So not too much cutting with the knife
Filling the pot with wood chips
Comparison of pot sizes ...before and after up-potting into wood chips
The end result
I am pissed some branches were broken at the store I bought it at...but thick trunk over ruled this. This store also had nice Satsuma/ PM me if interested.
This will never be planted in ground! In a few years it will go into a larger pot with rotted wood chips. If I acquire some verified neutral ph sand I will add some too. But not my own sand-sandy soil which I have plenty of