Re: Re: pits and planters
517@COMPUSERVE.COM
Sat, 14 Sep 1996 13:03:25 -0500
URBANS WORK IS GOOD ANS SO IS NINAS' FROM CU. BUT STILL THE FACT REMAINS TREES
CAN NOT LIVE IN TREE PITS. HERE IN NYC IN GENERAL a 5'*5' TREE AREA IS THE NORM.
THERE ARE EXTENDED AND CONECTED TREE AREAS BUT STILL PROBLEMS ABOUND. BETWEEN SALT, UTILITY AND
SIDEWALK RENOVATIONS THE TREES AREA OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS
MODIFIED AND DISTURBED AT SOME POINT IN TIME AND DEPENDING ON SEVERAL FACTORS THE DISTURBANCE IS
USUALLY GOOD ENOUGH TO SEND A TREE INTO STRESS OR DECLENE.
I AM TRULY THINKING OF NOT INSTALLING TREES STREETSIDE ANYMORE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT WORK IN THE LONG RUN.
PLANTERS AND SOIL VOLUME IE URBAN IS GOOD BUT BETWEEN WATER BEING TIED UP IN SEVERE COLD AND WATER LOSS DURING HEAT WAVES
ROOTS ARE IN A WORLD OF HURT. I EXPLAIN TO ALL CLIENTS THAT A TREE OR SHRUB IN A PLANTER IS TEMPORARY.
THE ONE FACT THAT CAME OUT OF RECENT RESEARCH IS THAT VERMICULITE AND PERLITE INHIBIT MYCORHIZZAE.
i ALSO STARTED INJECTING - TWO YEARS NOW - MYCOR-TREE INTO ALL STREET AND PLANTER SITUATIONS. RESULTS ARE NOT THERE FOR ME YET. BUT THE TREES LOOK GOOD SO FAR.
GERALD