Is you area very hot in the summer? It also helps with drainage, but your growth medium is not like a "stew", throwing more "good" things in it won't necessarily work. Consider that when you are calculating costs filling up those gigantic half barrels.Īdding CHC, aka Coconut Husks (not COIR), to a peat-based mix (like store bought media) is "good" for additional water retention for areas with hot summers. It depends on how healthy you want your trees. Certainly it will last a year or two, maybe three or four. The next question is "how long will it last?" before it starts compacting and limiting the tree vitality. Fast draining is good, but how do you know what fast is? -) Buying an off-the-shelf mix and adding lots of perlite will be good (not great) and easy. Your mix is one of the more important factors in how well your trees do. Think the mix will be fast draining and want to use some perlite. Well, I have tired myself out now, time for a nap
Think I will clump the barrels about 10 feet apart for additional pollination. Good or bad for the peach barrels?Īll three are advertised as self-fruitful but the Sunset book advises that Honey Babe needs another dwarf peach pollinator in the Northwest. Sound OK? I saw a post on shredded coconut husk that it retained moisture. Think I will add some to the 1/2 barrel soil mix unless someone out there has info that might change my mind.
Any one using that? I used some on my snap peas last year and thought it improved the growth and yield. Don't know what they are and if they show up again on our new dwarf peaches.any ideas?ĭid a search on mycorrhizae soil amendment but found nothing. That tree had some peaches but there were always some green triangular flying bugs/beetles that would eat on the peaches. It did not look good then and died out 100% this month. Agree? There is a full size peach tree that we inherited four years ago when we moved from CA.
Seller says DWN has sprayed for peach leaf curl and I do not need to do this until next winter. Which would get your vote? I might split them up. Don't have full sun all day long, but a choice of morning sun/afternoon shade OR morning shade/afternoon sun. Hi, just came home with 2 El Dorado, 2 Honey Babe and 1 Pix Zee.
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