Kaolin - Advice Needed
- To: "medit-plants"
- Subject: Kaolin - Advice Needed
- From: G* B*
- Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 18:45:26 +0200
I wonder if anyone could please give me some advice for a problem spot I'm
working on at the moment.
I've got a lovely, sunny enclosed courtyard I'm doing up. It has a
brickpaved centre surrounded with walls & 1m wide borders against these. My
North facing ( sunniest in the Southern Hemisphere ) wall is 2m high & I was
wanting to espalier a fruit tree against it. Unfortunately I find my soil
goes down about 1/2m then theres a band of pure white kaolin clay. I tried
digging through it in the hope of punching a large drainage hole I could
plant a tree in, but gave up at about 2m.
Would anyone have any ideas of what I could do with this area or of any tree
which might handle it ?
Other than cover it with concrete & paint it green that is.
Regards
Glenn Breayley. Ragnarok & Valhalla Research.
POBox 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown, South Africa
Ph/Fax SA 021 7904253 E-mail valhalla@iafrica.com
Wholesale nurseryman & Tillandsia specialist wholesale & retail grower.
