Indeed. When I built my house in 2000, the front yard was landscaped
according to Homeowner Association rules that required mature looking
plants. I had three 10 foot Crepe Myrtles planted that had been grown in
the ground at the nursery and transplanted into my front yard. In the
process they lost about half (if not more) of their root ball. The rest of
the yard was landscaped by me following my own rule of "$5 plant in a $50
hole". In the back yard I planted small (three feet) pot-grown Crepe
Myrtles. Fourteen years later, the large CM's planted by the landscaper are
15 feet tall and the ones I planted are 25 feet tall. Sure would have saved
a bunch of dough to have done them all my way.
Charlie
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> >
> >It's not all uncommon for trees to fall over in a storm due to poor
> >root distribution after being planted badly.Trees/shrubs that have been
> >bought / provided in containers are the most prone to this
> >
> >The people
> >planting are usually afraid to tease the roots out and ensure a good
> >spatial distribution. Eucalypts are especially prone to this fault.
> >
>
> Exactly right. Nursery stock of 5- or 10-gallons should be the
> limit, then encourge sufficient root growth by watering in a circular
> trench just beyond the canopy of the tree as it grows.
>
> But, most people here want "instant landsacping" and opt for the 25-
> to 40-gallon transplanted boxed specimens, which never root sufficiently no
> matter what you do.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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