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Gardening

Sanity Claws

(21,841 posts)

2. As big as possible

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 02:50 PM

Mar 2016

If you have a choice between a $20 hole and a $5 shrub or a $5 hole and a $20 shrub, go with the $20 hole and $5 shrub.

That was the way it was explained to me.

Also, when digging a hole, you might want to have it a bit higher where the shrub is resting, then dig a moat around it. This will give the roots more room to grow while preventing the shrub from settling too deep into the ground.

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Planting a shrub or tree..... [View all] hedgehog Mar 2016 OP

disturb soil levels, loose soil is a good thing. hollysmom Mar 2016 #1

As big as possible Sanity Claws Mar 2016 #2

Here's how I have been doing it for decades Major Nikon Mar 2016 #3

While usually I like digging a big hole for planting in clay it can be different csziggy Mar 2016 #4

We have heavy clay also - you can't dig when it's hedgehog Mar 2016 #5

True - and you can't dig when it's dry - you'll break your shovel! csziggy Mar 2016 #6

The hole should be twice the width and the same depth as the root ball Botany Mar 2016 #7