Charman03
5 year old buck +
Guys, my one place I’m growing trees has terrible heavy clay poorly drained soils.
The trees are growing terribly here, hardly any growth. Most are young trees and small so I believe I’m going to dig them up while still dormant early spring and redo some things.
My plan is to remove a pocket of these bad soils and put something better in its place. How big of an area is recommended per tree and should I use a mushroom soil/topsoil mix? I can get this local in the bed of my truck and drive right up to each area.
Additionally, I think I’m going to use a “raised bed” for each tree to get it a little higher out of the ground for when things are really wet. I saw a video where this was recommended.
I know it’s a lot of extra work but it’s only for 8-10 trees at the moment and I think is worth it in the long run, otherwise I’m not wasting anymore money on trees over there.
Thoughts/recommendations?
The trees are growing terribly here, hardly any growth. Most are young trees and small so I believe I’m going to dig them up while still dormant early spring and redo some things.
My plan is to remove a pocket of these bad soils and put something better in its place. How big of an area is recommended per tree and should I use a mushroom soil/topsoil mix? I can get this local in the bed of my truck and drive right up to each area.
Additionally, I think I’m going to use a “raised bed” for each tree to get it a little higher out of the ground for when things are really wet. I saw a video where this was recommended.
I know it’s a lot of extra work but it’s only for 8-10 trees at the moment and I think is worth it in the long run, otherwise I’m not wasting anymore money on trees over there.
Thoughts/recommendations?