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To: Sam Citron who wrote (58722)	1/11/2002 4:53:39 PM
From: willcousa	Respond to of 70976

You are lucky you can dig a hole. It would take the 7 dwarfs with ice picks in each hand to do that here.

To: Sam Citron who wrote (58722)	1/12/2002 12:34:29 AM
From: StanX Long	Respond to of 70976

Sam, I grew up tending about four acres of vegetable gardens, at three sites. This was in Napa California. You’re about to plant several trees, and yes some care is needed, but not too much. Dig a hole twice as wide as your dirt ball. Dig the hole deep enough so the bottom of the hole has about one or two inches of rocks and sand, while the plum of the stalk or trunk is at the surface level. The plum of a stalk or trunk is normally seen as the area just above the dirt line where the stalk or truck bulges just a little. This bulge must be above the dirt line. After placing the tree in the hole, fill in the hole with dirt insuring a nicely tight packed ground around the roots. Lightly water the tree for the first few days, insuring good run-off through the sand, rocks and into the ground. I tended gardens of thousand of square feet for over a dozen years. The water run-off and root rot (water soaked roots, seen as the leaves turn yellow) is the biggest killer to a new plant. Some people seeing yellow leaves thinks it is too dry, when actually there is to much water. Don’t over water, it is easy, you’ve little chance of under watering. Good Luck Stan