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!
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
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
"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.
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"
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.
@@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.
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!
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
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
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.
I also have clay soil in my backyard, great advice!
It's amazing you can get anything to grow in that clay!!
"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.
I'm surprised you weren't watering the tree/soil as you planted it.
Once I finish planting it, I'll water it. I just didn't record that part but that is a great point.
Finding plants that don't mind being wet can be key.
That is another good tip.
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"
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.
@@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.
Yuck. Looks a lot like my soil here in South Louisiana. Except mine is more compact, less crumbly. It sucks and I hate it.