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Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts
Very well done!
I actually have learned to copy the folks at RF...rent an auger and drill out the limestone and then plant the trees into the drilled out holes.
Best part, if you rent the bit from Home Depot also and tell them it is for rock they give you the rock but and you don’t have to worry about the wear and tear
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Sounds similar to my ground prep except I rent a JCB Backhoe with hydraulic rock breaker. (Comes complete with operator! Lovely guy, got to know him quite well after all the work he's done for me). Every 3 or 4 months he comes and excavates 6 or 8 holes, each a cubic metre, and then I work on mixing substrate, filling and planting. Then it's time for the next round ...
What size holes do you excavate for your trees?
KeysGuy - the bromeliads look great! Do they need shade or would they grow in full sun? I've seen some for sale in our garden centre and wondered about them before.
Q for anyone! We have very strong sun here, 350 days a year. In the 'summer' our UV is often listed as 10-12. Does the UV have an impact on plants? I've tried some plants that are supposed to like full sun and the leaves have bleached and dehydrated. If I buy from the garden centre I always try to acclimatise gradually as all their plants are in shade tents, but even some supposedly tough succulents have succumbed. Unfortunately the main garden centre is more a plant supermarket, rather than a plant nursery, throw in translation hiccups and disasters happen!
There is a good plant nursery on the island owned by a wonderful Dutch lady and her Welsh partner and I can spend all day there and receive advice along with great plants, but I still get tempted by the variety on offer in the 'supermarket'. I really should learn my lesson and only buy from the nursery.
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