claulom
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject: ROCKY SOIL ? |
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Hello i am begining to plant fruit trees on a hill in my yard and the soil is very rocky  everytime i dig a hole i find small med, and large rocks being dug out. The question i have is if i leave some of the rocks in the hole with the trees that i plant in the hole be ok, and also will citrus, and apple trees grow in this soil? it doesnt appear to drain very well and i have added some soil buster to soften it up but i am not sure this will work. PLEASE anyone offer some ideas for me, i am now very dissapointed that i may not be able to plant my new 15 gallon avocado and tangerine trees.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:00 am Post subject: |
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thanks for your response but i really didnt find anything about rocky soil in those articles, i did however learn some other good stuff. thanks again 
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:11 am Post subject: |
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Sorry Corey. There wasn't anything on the net about planting trees in rocky soil I'm afraid. This leads me to believe that it's not an ideal tree planting environment.
What I would suggest doing is trying to remove the biggest of the rocks and then making each hole a good 1/3 deeper than it actiually requires to be and filling in the extra 1/3 depth with a rich loamy soil. Add some well rotted horse manure (or similar) to this soil and soak well before planting your trees. This should give them a good start to put down new root growth. By the time the roots have 'taken' the smaller rocks shouldn't pose such a big problem and, hopefully, won't hinder their progress.
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