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Placing trees with deep tap-root on shallow ground/rock ledge.
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Posted by njbiology Zone 7(/6b); NJ (njbiologyemail@yahoo.com) on Mon, Jun 25, 07 at 14:23
| Hi,
If a tree produces a deep tap root, can i yet be sucessfully cultivated if placed on a site where there is little more then a foot of soil and a long rock ledge surface under the 12" of soil for a couple of feet (max 10'), where it can then dip down deeper into the ground; or would this have a negative effect (ground is moist; persimmon tree).
Thanks,
Steve |
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RE: Placing trees with deep tap-root on shallow ground/rock ledge
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| I don't know what will happen, but I planted a bare root Asian pear on a rock bed back in April and it's doing fine. I had to use a pick and one of those steel poles to dig a hole deep enough to get the root in the ground. I then filled around the root with top soil and water. With in 2 weeks, the tree put out leaves and is doing great. BTW, my neighbor who visits Korea on a regular bases (His inlaws are there) tells me many persimmons and pears are grown in what looks like rock fields and they do great. He says they grow veggies on hills that are so steep that people have been known to slip, fall and die. He says it's amazing how they farm in stone. |
RE: Placing trees with deep tap-root on shallow ground/rock ledge
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| Steve: No problem. The tree will adapt it's root system to whatever is avaliable. Your soil situation sounds fine. The Fruitnut |
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