How to Plant Trees and Bushes in Clay

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  • Опубліковано 23 січ 2025

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  • @naomiledger1374
    @naomiledger1374 2 місяці тому +1

    I have hard ground which is also full of rock once you get a few inches down. It grows grass and weeds perfectly but isn't great for much of anything else. I use the same tactics - plant into a kind of mound and try to get as much new soil into the hole beneath. The hardest part is digging a hole deep enough into the hard ground. I'm inspired by your video though as you're growing pretty much what I want to grow!

  • @louishagene3332
    @louishagene3332 10 місяців тому +1

    Great vid. I have red clay here in Missouri and the first trees I planted did poorly but when I started planting just the way you taught in your video all trees thrived. Well done video with really good advice

  • @pandajacket1598
    @pandajacket1598 10 місяців тому +1

    I have had some luck digging a “drain hole” next to the planting hole in my heavy red clay. Especially after heavy rain water will continuously seep out and keep a puddle there. But it keeps the root rot away.
    After the first year I fill it back in

  • @kylebrown3734
    @kylebrown3734 10 місяців тому +1

    Sharing your challenges with North Texas black gumbo. We will be planting fruit trees soon so will give your method a try. Thanks for posting.

  • @meetmolly3645
    @meetmolly3645 10 місяців тому +2

    I also have clay soil in my backyard, great advice!

  • @qwnbee
    @qwnbee 10 місяців тому +1

    It's amazing you can get anything to grow in that clay!!

  • @johnmcginnis5201
    @johnmcginnis5201 10 місяців тому +1

    "black goopy mucky clay' You must live in north texas! :)
    A thing I do when planting is 1) hole 4 times bigger than the current root ball. 2) In the center dig a hole at least 2' lower. I use post hole digger for that. Have not lost a plant yet.

  • @jcb3393
    @jcb3393 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm surprised you weren't watering the tree/soil as you planted it.

    • @BiancoLand_
      @BiancoLand_  10 місяців тому

      Once I finish planting it, I'll water it. I just didn't record that part but that is a great point.

  • @tjcihlar1
    @tjcihlar1 10 місяців тому +1

    Finding plants that don't mind being wet can be key.

    • @BiancoLand_
      @BiancoLand_  10 місяців тому

      That is another good tip.

  • @gg-gn3re
    @gg-gn3re 10 місяців тому

    This type of clay is still easy to grow in, as it is considered "fast draining" meaning it will drain a 1x1x1ft hole of water in under an hour easily.. and 4 hours is where it's considered "bad drainage"

    • @BiancoLand_
      @BiancoLand_  10 місяців тому

      I'm not sure where you are at but when it rains here, water sits in pools for over a day. It only stains fast in the summer when you have large cracks.

    • @gg-gn3re
      @gg-gn3re 10 місяців тому

      ​@@BiancoLand_same area lol, yours must be worse than mine.
      The "well drain test" of dig a 1x1x1ft hole and fill it with water and let it drain over night then fill it with water and time it is what I used. Seems to be the standard test for "well draining" You want to lose like 1-4 inches per hour of water in the hole.. Some sites say different numbers but that seems to be the most average number.

  • @Grayald
    @Grayald 10 місяців тому

    Yuck. Looks a lot like my soil here in South Louisiana. Except mine is more compact, less crumbly. It sucks and I hate it.