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Seeing mole activity is good your soils improving. I like what they eat to stay in my soil. They’re easy to trap. I got one this morning..

I don’t have just water versus non-watered trees. I do have pictures of a managed wildlife planting versus a non-managed. Managed being irrigated, soil amended, pruned for wildlife and sprayed. Non-managed trees- planted from the same tree order at the same time with nothing done to them. Same...

The ones I bought hold 20 gallons.

That’s something you’re going to have to figure out on your property. I don’t think it’s a true comparison from my soil to yours. If you have decent soil and hold moisture you may not notice slow growth like my bad dry soil.

I’ve used buckets also and they do work fine. The only advantage the bags have is the amount of water they hold and they disperse it on both sides of the tree. I have really bad soil that holds no water. I put down 4 inches of Wood Chips under the bags to help hold moisture.

The first ones I bought were the original tree gators. They were on Facebook marketplace for five dollars apiece. I liked them a lot, but they’re really expensive - new. I bought a knockout brand (Tanzfrosch) on Amazon prime day for five dollars apiece. Both brands work equally well.

This is what I quoted. You mentioned you were carrying water cans in your front yard by hand.. I supplied what I thought was an easier/better option. Like I said before won’t happen again….

I’m sorry I shared something that has worked very well for me. Trying to give another member an option for watering. My mistake won’t happen again……

5 to 8 hours to drain. Depends on your soil if bags are needed or not. I have Sandy Loam that drains way too fast and horrible drought the last two years. I had to do something. Just my observations the trees with bags trees have surpassed all others with growth by far. I don’t know if it’s the...

I live on site also. The growth rate of trees that can be taken care far exceeds the ones I don’t. I started using these knock off gator bags about six or seven years ago. They also help with growth rate as opposed to just using cold water and flooding the tree. I have a 60 gallon three point...

When weeds talk.

Kerr is the big white blossom tree on left. Chestnut short white tree between the purple and pink. Picture was taken April 22 southern Michigan around the Lansing area. Hope this helps.

The company bags soil mixes like you buy at Lowe’s. The rice hulls are mixed in some soils for multiple reasons. PH neutral, aeration, moisture retention amongst other things. You can also buy rice hulls at places that sell home brewing supplies.

Interesting. I was told by the Bee & Butterfly Habitat fund that the reason they use rice hulls is because their cup shaped and it makes it difficult for the seed to separate. I have a place by me that sells 50 pound bags of compressed rice hulls for $30. I use rice hulls for all small seeds.