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Re: Milorganite

Carl Whitcomb is the man I have heard speak on this topic. He now sells Root Control
bags for field grown nursery stock. He is an excellent speaker with lots of hands on
info and experience to back up what he says. I think he was at Oklashoma State when he
did the research. Steve

Mary R. Henry wrote:

> Connie,
> Most of my sources are hard copy and are at work. I just finished
> co-authoring a piece on planting for my job. I only go in to the office
> 2 days a week and can get them together when I am next there. We are
> trying to get our planting crews to use the new methods to cut down on
> our replacement costs.
> I remember a case (ca. 1990-91), from when I lived in Kentucky, of a
> mass planting of evergreen azaleas - maybe 30 plants - planted in clay
> and amended with all manner of goodies. Five years later, the planting
> began to fail. It was spotty problems the first year, expanding the
> second. The homeowner had some dug to find the cause. All were circling
> in their planting holes!! The probable cause was, at that time, thought
> to be that the roots had not been properly spread when the original
> planting was done. I don't believe that this was the case as I knew the
> person who did the planting, and he was very precise about everything.
> After doing the research for the planting piece, I believe the
> "flowerpot effect" was the reason. They WERE planted too deeply, though,
> which compounded the problem.
>
> coneh@uswest.net wrote:
> >
> > Mary ,
> > what are some of your sources for this very interesting subject..
> > I'm particularly interested in it as I suspect that has occured in my very own
> > yard($5.hole for a .50cent plant)only to have it decline several years down the
> > road.
> > I would like to know more about this as I am just about to plant a considereable
> > amount of new shrubs etc.
> > Many thanks.
> > Connie
> >
> > > Almost all research sources dealing with woodies (trees AND shrubs) now
> > > recommend backfilling your planting hole with the native clay and
> > > putting all amendments on top of the soil in the form of mulch. Amended
> > > holes become "flower pots" that the root are loath to leave for the
> > > unamended native clay. Establishment doesn't occur properly and there
> > > will be a good chance the plant will not thrive, at best, and choke
> > > itself out, at worst.
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