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No need to remove the potting soil. Would do more harm than good.
what type of trees? generally you don't want to disturb the rootball like spaugh said you better off just putting into the ground with the mix...the mix won't do it any harm if anything it might encourage your tree to root out more.
Remember to dig a hole three times the diameter of the rootball of the tree. I think mixing half soil and half container mix and using that for the fill dirt is a good idea. That way, you won't have as much of a barrier to root growth.
You guys busting your asses with shade cloth and such can shade in less than a minute with a spray of Surround, cheap too.http://www.novasource.com/en/products/surround
Quote from: TNAndy on November 06, 2018, 12:53:38 PMRemember to dig a hole three times the diameter of the rootball of the tree. I think mixing half soil and half container mix and using that for the fill dirt is a good idea. That way, you won't have as much of a barrier to root growth.Quite the opposite if in clay. You will not only have an artificially created barrier (roots will stay confined to the hole) but the tree will soon rot, drown. Never amend backfill. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/soil-amendments.pdf
Quote from: Mark in Texas on November 08, 2018, 07:49:52 AMQuote from: TNAndy on November 06, 2018, 12:53:38 PMRemember to dig a hole three times the diameter of the rootball of the tree. I think mixing half soil and half container mix and using that for the fill dirt is a good idea. That way, you won't have as much of a barrier to root growth.Quite the opposite if in clay. You will not only have an artificially created barrier (roots will stay confined to the hole) but the tree will soon rot, drown. Never amend backfill. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/soil-amendments.pdfAny advice for soil that is completely dead? I would like to use native soil when planting but after looking at the soil I am leaning toward mixing it with worm castings at 50:50 ratio.This is what I dug up.Standing water after 5 days, I dug the hole even bigger and mixed native soil with cactus soil amendment.
Quote from: hawkfish007 on November 08, 2018, 11:03:35 AMQuote from: Mark in Texas on November 08, 2018, 07:49:52 AMQuote from: TNAndy on November 06, 2018, 12:53:38 PMRemember to dig a hole three times the diameter of the rootball of the tree. I think mixing half soil and half container mix and using that for the fill dirt is a good idea. That way, you won't have as much of a barrier to root growth.Quite the opposite if in clay. You will not only have an artificially created barrier (roots will stay confined to the hole) but the tree will soon rot, drown. Never amend backfill. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/soil-amendments.pdfAny advice for soil that is completely dead? I would like to use native soil when planting but after looking at the soil I am leaning toward mixing it with worm castings at 50:50 ratio.This is what I dug up.Standing water after 5 days, I dug the hole even bigger and mixed native soil with cactus soil amendment.Edit: this is to plant mango and other subtropical trees in Zone 9B.
Zephian - I’d be cautious with overdoing the mulch. I went gonzo with wood chip mulch in an area for several months, then planted trees and I’m convinced the too-thick mulch suffocated and drowned the trees.
Any advice for soil that is completely dead? I would like to use native soil when planting but after looking at the soil I am leaning toward mixing it with worm castings at 50:50 ratio.