Figured I’d give an update and share a few more questions I’ve come across. Really appreciate the help guys.
I’ve planted the loquat, one avocado, and potted the mango.
My mango wilted after the transplant. I don’t have a good feel for how much to loosen up the roots when i am transplanting and whether it is okay to leave compacted soil on the roots. The mango wasn’t root bound but I broke up the clumps and it almost ended up bare root. Scary stuff. The loquat and brogdon were badly rootboune. I used a knife to cut 6 2 inch slits into the sides and bottoms and then loosened it a bit with my fingers.
My questions:
-Nothing has shown growth so far but I believe they are just setting up their new roots. Is this normal?
- I dug a big hole from the middle of my yard to use to build my mounds for the avocados. Below the topsoil of sugar sand, there is a pretty dense subsoil of sandy compacted decaying organic matter. Is this okay to use in the mounds? Do I need to break it up a lot?
- I performed a drainage test of sorts on the avocado mound where I filled up about a 15 gallon hole with water. It took about 45 minutes to drain and that was after I had already been wetting the soil to aid in settling. Is this quick draining enough? I don’t have much to compare to.
- I saw some aphids and black tiny bugs on the avocado so I bought neem oil. Will I likely need anything else to fight bugs around here?
Thanks again.