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Re: [PRIMROSES] NEW SOIL AND ROOTS

At 07:35 PM 12/31/97 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-12-31 17:50:54 EST, you write:
>
>PS:  KILL GRASS WITH ROUNDUP.....THEN PUT SOIL ABOVE.....IF YOU DISTURB THE
>ROOTS[LIKE I DID WITH A ROTERTILLER], IT WILL QUICKEN THIER GROWTH INTO THE
>NEW SOIL....

Well, here's the background.  Last year, I botched a pond-building attempt,
and ended up with a rubber-lined water-leaking pit.  The bog-like
conditions around the 'pond' made for some gorgeous (and one dead) hostas.
I chanced to see a small bog on my parent's property around this time, and
decided to turn my pond into an even smaller bog, since it was wanting to
be one, anyway.  Instructions in a book were to tear out turf atop the
would-be bog, dig the hole, line it, and place the turf upside-down in the
bottom of the pit.  Well, the original turf from my 'pond' is compost and
already used, so I thought I would strip the turf under the tree to use as
the base layer for the bog, and use this year's leaves covered with compost
to fill in over the tree's roots.  I haven't had any problems growing
primroses and a FEW hostas amongst the largest tree roots,
so I figured more planted farther out would compete as successfully as the
grass has.  I should add that the tree is an ash older than 68 years (it
appears in a photograph from 1930, with a trunk app. 1' in diameter at that
time) and has not noticeably increased in height in about 15 years.  With
all this in mind, is it worth a try?  All advice is greatly appreciated.

Sheila S.
Niles, MI
Z 5/6
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