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23-Mar-2005
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Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Carlsbad, California..coastal desert
Country: United States
USDA Zone: 11
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Landscape cloth into ground?
Here's an interesting thought... if you want to put a tree into the ground, but still restrict it's rootball somewhat, would a permeable landscape cloth work? There's one that is like a slick fibrous paper, and it holds up well for years. It lets water through, slowing it down just a little. If you dug your hole wider than it is deep, and lined it with a big pouch of this cloth, would it help later when you have to remove the tree, and also help to restrict the roots somewhat? It would have the drainage, constant temperature, and room that a regular ground hole would...
What do you think? Joanie, eyeing her Cork Bark Oak that looks like a 18" tall pencil with leaves.... |
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23-Mar-2005
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Joanie,
I don't think that landscape paper (cloth) will contain a tree's roots much. This stuff is designed to prevent grassy weed growth, which, in my experience, it tends to do a rather poor job of over time. A tree's roots are considerably stronger and would simply grow through the material. However, I have seen and read about people using ceramic tile for the purpose of promoting horizontal root growth in the ground. Perhaps you could get some of this to use, instead? John
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