So today was a pretty big day. Above are some close-up shots of my four new Japanese Maples. Below are my newly potted Acer-Palmatum's and the mulch I bought.
So I got my 1-gallon containers in the mail today and I gave them a washing with a water-bleach mix to get them nice and clean. Also today we went to our Local Nursery and bought a Fine-Mulch (Ceder) and a bag of North Country Landscape Bark (All purpose medium grind, retards weed growth, helps conserve soil moisture, helps prevent crusting of soil and reduces erosion).
My process was: Fill the bottom of the container with about a 1-1/2" of the fine mulch, then about 2" of the E.B. Stone Acid Mix (http://www.ebstone.org/13_azalea.php), then pull out the JM and hold it up while I fill the rest of the container with Acid Mix until theres about 1/2" space from the top. I take my 6" long Dibber (http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/product/dibber/containers) and make a 3" deep hole, and put in about 25 Osmocote 14-14-14 pellets. I fill that hole, top the container the last 1/2" with the North-Country Landscape Bark and water.
The last picture is of the Utility Knife I will be using for grafting.
So I got my 1-gallon containers in the mail today and I gave them a washing with a water-bleach mix to get them nice and clean. Also today we went to our Local Nursery and bought a Fine-Mulch (Ceder) and a bag of North Country Landscape Bark (All purpose medium grind, retards weed growth, helps conserve soil moisture, helps prevent crusting of soil and reduces erosion).
My process was: Fill the bottom of the container with about a 1-1/2" of the fine mulch, then about 2" of the E.B. Stone Acid Mix (http://www.ebstone.org/13_azalea.php), then pull out the JM and hold it up while I fill the rest of the container with Acid Mix until theres about 1/2" space from the top. I take my 6" long Dibber (http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/product/dibber/containers) and make a 3" deep hole, and put in about 25 Osmocote 14-14-14 pellets. I fill that hole, top the container the last 1/2" with the North-Country Landscape Bark and water.
The last picture is of the Utility Knife I will be using for grafting.