advice for Memphis/Bartlett Cherry & Pomegrante
sandsquid
16 years ago
I am trying to decide on location an prepare the planiting holes 3 trees; Black Tartarian Sweet Cherry and Governor Wood Sweet Cherry (to polinate each other) and Plantation Sweet Pemegranate (self polinating) .They are scheduled to be delivered in December.
We are in a typical new housing development; heavy thick clay as deep as I dig, and on a small hill. Each lot is terraced as well as slighly sloping. I'm thinking I should choose locations on the "downhill" side for hopefully better drainage, vice the uphill side where the I will catch all the drainage from the uphill neighbor.
My thought it to excavate (2 feet diameter) about 2 feet down, remove the sod layer, retaining native soil (clay), and build a 2 foot raised bed. Then backfill (4 feet total) by mixing in 50% Canadian Peat w/ the native clay. Get it coverd w/ black plastic to solar-steralize, until the dormant trees arive.
I was also considering the addition of beneficial nematodes In the spring.
brandon7 TN_zone7
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brandon7 TN_zone7
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