It is about 60 centimeters deep. The spade was less useful than the small pickaxe-thingy, which I used to loosen the ground. I intend to plant a tree in the hole. That is all.
It is about 60 centimeters deep. The spade was less useful than the small pickaxe-thingy, which I used to loosen the ground. I intend to plant a tree in the hole. That is all.
For same season i’ve heard that square hole is better than round, so that the roots don’t keep growing around in cricles but get stuck in a corner and might be able to escape. No idea if the this actually true but seems reasonable
Another myth. It sounds reasonable unless you know how roots grow.
It’s not the shape of the hole that matters. It’s how much effort it takes for the root to grow and the reward it gets for doing so.
So if you add in softer, easier to grow soil, high in nutrients the roots will stay in it until the nutrients are depleted. Only when the nutrients are depleted will the plant even attempt to grow out of the soft new soil into the harder surrounding soil. This can often be several months or even years later.