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| How close can fountain grasses and or any other perennials be planted to chanticleer pear trees and Colorado blue spruce trees without damaging the tree roots. Thanks |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 12:18
| a picea pungens.. aka blue spruce.. will grow near one foot per year ...exactly how close are you thinking of planting next to it??? or are you asking about planting under an already existing giant ... water will be your problem there ... here is how my hoopsi grew ken |
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- Posted by northerngirl_mi Z5 MI (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 13:38
| How big / old are the trees now? Are they recently planted, or many years old> If these are old trees, the tree roots will be fat and not easy to dig through... In that case, you don't really want to cut through the really fat roots - rather dig pockets between them to plant. In general, you don;t want to damage a heavy percentage of the tree roots... And Ken is right - if you're digging in an area where the roots have grown, your challenge will be sufficient watering... Beth |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 15:27
| on a large .... mature tree .. digging a few holes is irrelevant ... to the tree .. as most trees are TWICE TO THREE times as large underground as above ... but the problem is.. it is a desert under there.. with sub-prime soil ... and your tiny little plant.. is NOT going to out-compete a large tree for water ... and if you water just the plants [and/or amend the soil].. take a WAG where the tree will grow new roots .... AND NEVER TILL UNDER A LARGE TREE ... thats where the real damage will be ... i would suggest pots.. and some lawn chairs for under such .. ken |
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| The trees are young about five years old. The perennials would be planted about a foot away from the trees. I would use them as a filler for a few years. I was wondering if digging the perennials up in a few years would be a problem for the trees? What are your thoughts on this? Thanks |
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