Planter Flower
Will making a planter box for flowers under an Oak tree, with dirt right up to the tree trunk kill my tree?
Last night I was discussing this with my father and he said that my planter (which has dirt about a foot high encircling the tree about 18 inches out all way around) will kill my tree eventually. I have seen people around here with these planters before, but is this true? Is so, how do you correctly make a planter? The tree is about 18 years old.
putting either soil or mulch up against the trunk of a tree provides a place for moisture to hang out and eventually rot the base of the tree…..
the way you said, is the same as if you had planted the tree too deep… and that will also kill it eventually….
at least you didn’t put it farther out from the trunk too… that will smother the tree .. a long, slow death from not being able to get oxygen….
if you just have to have a planter there, move it out from the trunk a couple feet… a raised bed a foot wide all the way around, out that far, will still allow the tree what it needs and you’ll get somewhere to plant….. of course, you’ll need two walls to contain your soil then, too…..but your tree will thank you…..
I was thrilled to see these planters taking into account just what I’ve been saying…. no soil around the trunk and air to get to it!!… wow…
http://www.mastergardenproducts.com/estate_tree_boxes.htm
read ‘raising the grade’ and ‘planters’ here…
http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1106/HLA-6429web.pdf
that would be a good read for the first poster, too!….
Dale Norma: best planter flowers
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