Felix
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Post by Felix on Apr 26, 2011 10:14:14 GMT -5
...is harder work than I am used to, even a very small tree. A friend of ours gave us a little Chinese chestnut plant, about six inches tall, last Fall. Now about ten inches, outgrowing the pot we put it in for the winter. I have been promising my Beloved to plant the tree, and this morning I did so.
Two hours it took, for a hole only about two feet by two feet by two feet deep. I filled back some with loose dirt, and placed the tree with its ball of potting soil/dirt in the hole and filled it in. Why is there always dirt left over after you fill a hole you dig? A question to ponder.
I hope the tree survives my clumsy arborage. Yesterday was Arbor Day, after all.
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Post by Babs on Apr 26, 2011 10:22:14 GMT -5
Yay! Thank you!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2011 10:30:34 GMT -5
> Why is there always dirt left over after you fill a hole you dig?
Because it was compacted before it was dug up.
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Post by Felix on Apr 26, 2011 10:58:24 GMT -5
Here is a picture of the little tree.  |
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Post by rstewart on Apr 26, 2011 11:31:13 GMT -5
Did you get another one for pollination?
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Post by Babs on Apr 26, 2011 13:02:19 GMT -5
I believe it has a small sprout beside it. Let's just hope the lawnmower guys don't run over it!
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Apr 26, 2011 14:15:07 GMT -5
Put a stake next to it to keep the mowers at bay. You may be wise to not have a pollinator...unless you enjoy cleaning up chestnuts each time you need to mow. Of course, that probably won't be an issue for 10 years, or so.
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Post by Warkitty on Apr 27, 2011 7:08:35 GMT -5
Definitely put a stake there or otherwise cage it till it gets too big for the mowers to go over it. Paid lawn service guys pay no attention to seedlings. I know, I pointed my seedling forsythia out to them to NOT MOW DOWN and the very next day they mowed one down, two weeks later they got the other.
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Post by rstewart on Apr 27, 2011 7:48:11 GMT -5
Those burrs suck don't they?
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Post by Scarlet&Gray on Apr 27, 2011 12:22:46 GMT -5
What did you use your hands, good god man next time hire a mexican..  |
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